Pseudohemihyalea fallaciosa

Pseudohemihyalea fallaciosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1997. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico south to Guatemala and Honduras at elevations of 1,400 to 1,900 meters.

Pseudohemihyalea fallaciosa
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species:
P. fallaciosa
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea fallaciosa
Toulgoët, 1997
Synonyms
  • Aemilia fallaciosa

The length of the forewings is about 18.4 mm for males. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species.

  • Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): "Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149


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