Phaloesia

Phaloesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Phaloesia; Walker, 1854
Species:	P. saucia
Binomial name
	Phaloesia saucia; Walker, 1854
Synonyms
	Phaloesia fulvicollis Butler, 1876; Cocastra gentilis Boisduval, 1870; Phaloesia venezuelae Butler, 1876; Phaloesia chalybea Butler, 1876; Phaloesia flaviventris Reich, 1938;

Phaloesia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Phaloesia saucia, the saucy beauty moth. The genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States^[1]^[2] to Venezuela.^[3]^[4]

Adults are on wing nearly year round. Adults have been observed feeding on nectar from Chromolaena odorata, and Sabal mexicana.^[5] The larvae feed on Tournefortia species, including .^[5]

Taxonomy[]

Phaloesia fulvicollis was previously wrongly listed as a synonym of Gnophaela aequinoctialis.

References[]

^ "930351.00 – 8039 – Phaloesia saucia – Saucy Beauty Moth – Walker, 1854". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ Quinn, Mike. "Saucy Beauty". Texas Lep Information. Texas Entomology. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Savela, Markku. "Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Quinn, Mike (May 22, 2016). "Species Phaloesia saucia - Saucy Beauty - Hodges#8039". BugGuide. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

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[1] "930351.00 – 8039 – Phaloesia saucia – Saucy Beauty Moth – Walker, 1854". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[2] Quinn, Mike. "Saucy Beauty". Texas Lep Information. Texas Entomology. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[3] Savela, Markku. "Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[4] Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.

[BugGuide-5] Quinn, Mike (May 22, 2016). "Species Phaloesia saucia - Saucy Beauty - Hodges#8039". BugGuide. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

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Taxon identifiers
Phaloesia	Wikidata: Q7180353 Wikispecies: Phaloesia BioLib: 524709 BOLD: 59539 BugGuide: 158931 ButMoth: 22559.0 GBIF: 1809346 iNaturalist: 247557 IRMNG: 1379384 ITIS: 937410 LepIndex: 47689 NCBI: 695395
Phaloesia saucia	Wikidata: Q13523033 Wikispecies: Phaloesia saucia BAMONA: Phaloesia-saucia BOLD: 59540 BugGuide: 158932 GBIF: 1809348 iNaturalist: 257138 IRMNG: 11138801 ITIS: 939838 LepIndex: 47692 MONA: 8039 NCBI: 714816