Phyprosopus callitrichoides Grote, 1872 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Phyprosopus callitrichoides Grote, 1872

Phyprosopus callitrichoides Grote, 1872

Phyprosopus callitrichoides, the curve-lined owlet, is an erebid moth found across the eastern and central United States.

Family
Genus
Phyprosopus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Phyprosopus callitrichoides Grote, 1872

Phyprosopus callitrichoides, commonly known as the curve-lined owlet, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. This species was first formally described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. In the United States, it can be found from New Hampshire in the northeast to Florida in the southeast, stretching westward to Montana in the northwest and Texas in the southwest. This moth has a wingspan that ranges from 28 to 35 millimeters. Adult individuals are active and can be seen in flight from May through August each year. Its larvae are described as "fantastically bizarre", and they feed on species of greenbrier, which belong to the genus Smilax.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Phyprosopus

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

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