Moths of Southeastern Arizona: Hybaeidae (Teak Moths), Thyrididae (Thyridid moths), Thyatiridae (Thyatirid Moths), Sematuridae, Doidae, and Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)

Thyatira mexicana (Thyatiridae)

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1. Hybaeidae (Teak Moths) [ 1 Species listed, figured ]
2. Thyrididae (Thyridid Moths) [ 2 Species listed, all figured ]
3. Thyatiridae (Thyatirid Moths) [ 3 Species listed, all figured ]
4. Sematuridae [ One species listed, figured]
5. Doidae [ 2 Species listed, both figured ]
6. Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths) [ 4 Species listed, 3 figured ]

Hybaeidae (Teak Moths)

1. Hyblaea puera (Neum. 1883) [ MONA 6008]
   Similar species: Hypocala andremona (Noctuidae) --- side by side

Thyrididae (Thyridid Moths)

1. Dysodia granulata (Neum. 1883) [ MONA 6079 ]
2. Meskea dyspterari Grote, 1877 [ MONA 6085 ]
   Pupal cases

Thyatiridae (Thyatirid Moths)

Subfamily Thyatirinae

1. Habrosyne scripta [ MONA 6235 ]
   Similar species: H. gloriosa. In scripta the antemedial line goes obliquely from the costa outwards and curves down to the ventral margin of the wing so that the basal area is defined outwardly by an arc; there is a white preapical patch on the costa that diffuses back along the costa past the trace of black of the pm line and also diffuses down to the reniform spot. In gloriosa the am line has an abrupt 90 degree jog in it near the middle like a notch, or a single step in the staircase formed by the am line; there white preapical patch is a well defined white triangle cut off from the rest of the costa and from the reniform spot by a complate black line from the pm line.
2. Habrosyne gloriosa [ MONA 6236 ] -- Opler figure
3. Thyatira mexicana [ MONA 6238 ]

Anurapteryx crenulata

1. Anurapteryx crenulata [ MONA 7657 ]

Doidae

Doa ampla

1. !! Doa ampla [ MONA 8041 ]
2. Leuculodes lacteolaria (Hulst) [ MONA 8042 ]
   Source: This Neotropical species is known from Pena Blanca Lake CG and Harshaw Creek (P. Opler, per com 2001).

Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)

Orgyia pseudotsugata benigna

References:

1. Ferguson (1978), Fascicle 22.2 of The Moths of American North of Mexico [Contains figures of all listed species]

Species list:

1. Orgyia cana [ MONA 8311 ]
2. Douglas-fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia pseudotsugata benigna) [ MONA 8312b ]
   Fooplants:
   1. Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
   2. White fir (Abies concolor)
3. Orgyia leuschneri [ MONA 8315 ]
   Fooplants:
   1. Box Edler (Acer negundo)
4. Orgyia falcata [ MONA 8317 ]
   Fooplants:
   1. Oak (Quercus hypoleuca)