Phobolosia duomaculata

Phobolosia duomaculata, the double-eyed algibelle,[1][2] is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and it is found from southern Texas, south into Mexico.[3]

Phobolosia duomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phobolosia
Species:
P. duomaculata
Binomial name
Phobolosia duomaculata
Synonyms
  • Abablemma duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925

There are probably multiple generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on Physcia species, but probably also feed on other lichens.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abablemma duomaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Phobolosia duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  3. Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.


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