Euchaetes zella
Dyar, 1903
Euchaetes zella is a small in the Erebidae, described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1903. It occurs in the southwestern United States and is one of approximately 20 in the Euchaetes. The genus is notable for including the milkweed tussock moth (Euchaetes egle), whose has been well studied, though comparable details for E. zella remain undocumented.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Euchaetes zella: /juˈkeɪtiːz ˈzɛlə/
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Distribution
Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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