Halysidota mexiconis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Halysidota
- Species
- Halysidota mexiconis
- Scientific Name
- Halysidota mexiconis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Halysidota mexiconis
Halysidota schausi, or Schaus' tussock moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found from Texas and Mexico to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. It is also found on Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.
Adults are mainly on wing in autumn.
The larvae feed on Cestrum nocturnum.
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Sibling Taxa
- Halisidota argentata
- Halysidota ata
- Halysidota atra
- Halysidota baritioides
- Halysidota brasiliensis
- Halysidota cinctipes
- Halysidota conflua
- Halysidota cyclozonata
- Halysidota davisii
- Halysidota donahuei
- Halysidota elota
- Halysidota fuliginosa
- Halysidota fumosa
- Halysidota grata
- Halysidota harrisii
- Halysidota humosa
- Halysidota instabilis
- Halysidota insularis
- Halysidota intensa
- Halysidota interlineata
- Halysidota interstriata
- Halysidota jucunda
- Halysidota leda
- Halysidota masoni
- Halysidota melaleuca
- Halysidota meridionalis
- Halysidota mexiconis
- Halysidota nigrilinea
- Halysidota orientalis
- Halysidota pearsoni
- Halysidota pectenella
- Halysidota rhoda
- Halysidota roseofasciata
- Halysidota rusca
- Halysidota ruscheweyhi
- Halysidota schausi
- Halysidota semibrunnea
- Halysidota steinbachi
- Halysidota striata
- Halysidota tessellaris
- Halysidota thiaucourti
- Halysidota torniplaga
- Halysidota tucumanicola
- Halysidota underwoodi
- Halysidota witti
- Halysidota yapacaniae