Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864 (Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864)
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Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864

Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864

Edwards' glassy-wing (Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii) is a Erebidae moth found in the western United States.

Family
Genus
Hemihyalea
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hemihyalea edwardsii Packard, 1864

Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii, commonly called Edwards' glassy-wing, is a species of moth belonging to the family Erebidae. This species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. In the United States, it can be found from western Oregon and the Columbia Gorge in southern Washington, southwards to California; within this southwestern range, it extends east to western New Mexico. Its habitat includes low elevation oak woodlands and mixed hardwood forests. The forewings of this moth measure 27–31 mm in length.

Photo: (c) Glenn Fine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Glenn Fine · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Hemihyalea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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