Cisthene subjecta

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Arctiidae

'The Arctiidae are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, moths of this family are richest in the tropics. The small to medium-sized adults are often white, yellow, orange, or red with black markings on the forewings . Some adults are day-fliers, while others are nocturnal . Larvae are typically very hairy ; some tiger moth larvae are called "woolly bears." Larvae feed on lichens as well as herbaceous and woody plants , and some species are forest pests. Pupation takes place in cocoons made of matted larval hair and little or no silk .

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Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cisthene

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. angelus (Angel Lichen Moth) · C. barnesii (Cisthene Barnesii) · C. conjuncta (Cisthene Conjuncta) · C. coronado (Cisthene Coronado) · C. deserta (Cisthene Deserta) · C. dorsimacula (Cisthene Dorsimacula) · C. faustinula (Cisthene Faustinula) · C. juanita (Cisthene Juanita) · C. kentuckiensis (Kentucky Lichen Moth) · C. liberomacula (Cisthene Liberomacula) · C. martini (Cisthene Martini) · C. packardii (Packard's Lichen Moth) · C. perrosea (Cisthene Perrosea) · C. picta (Cisthene Picta) · C. plumbea (Lead-Colored Lichen Moth) · C. striata (Striated Lichen Moth) · C. subjecta (Subject Lichen Moth) · C. subrufa (Cisthene Subrufa) · C. tenuifascia (Thin-Banded Lichen Moth) · C. unifascia (Cisthene Unifascia)

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Further Reading

• A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico / by B. Neumoegen and Harrison G. Dyar. [Lawrence, Kan.?: Allen Press?], 1893-94. url p. 115.
• Annals of the Entomological Society of America. [College Park, Md., etc.]: Entomological Society of America. url p. 98.
• Bibliographical catalogue of the described tranformations of North American Lepidoptera by Henry Edwards. Washington: G.P.O., 1889. url .
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 55.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 363, p. 467.
• Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N.Y.: The Society, 1874- url p. 151, p. 151.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 44.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 222, p. 222, p. 297, p. 45, p. 45, p. ii.
• Illustrations of the Zygænidæ & Bombycidæ of North America, by Richard H. Stretch. vol. I. Part 1 to 9. July 1872 to Dec. 1873. San Francisco, 1873 url p. 155.
• Insects of New Jersey; a list of the species occurring in New Jersey, with notes on those of economic importance, by John B. Smith. Trenton, N.J., MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers, 1900. url p. 396, p. 396.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 115.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 266.
• Psyche. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Entomological Club url p. 261, p. 5.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url p. 242.
• Transactions of the American Entomological Society Philadelphia: The Society, 1867-1877 url p. 187, p. 71.
• Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: Geo. W. Martin url p. 103.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2628435
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1961568

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=32&sci=Arctiidae&com=Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths [back]

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