Calidota strigosa

Streaked calidota moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Calidota
Species: C. strigosa
Binomial name
Calidota strigosa
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Arctia strigosa Walker, 1855
  • Sychesia strigosa Walker, 1855
  • Halysidota laqueata H. Edwards, 1887
  • Halysidota cubensis Grote, [1866]
  • Calidota jamaicensis Strand, 1919

Calidota strigosa, the streaked calidota moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found on the Antilles and from the southern United States[1] (from Florida[2] to Arizona) to Central America.

The wingspan is about 54 mm.

The larvae feed on Guettarda elliptica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Calidota at funet.fi
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide


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