Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua, the red-banded aemilia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Wyoming to Durango, Mexico.
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| Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (female) | |
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| Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pseudohemihyalea |
| Species: | P. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (Strecker, 1878) | |
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The length of the forewings is about 24 mm for females and 22 mm in males. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa.
External links
- Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext
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