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Phyciodes vesta (vesta crescent)

Synonyms: Melitaea vesta; Phyciodes aestiva; Phyciodes boucardi; Phyciodes hiemalis; Phyciodes vestalis

Infraspecies

Phyciodes vesta arida
Phyciodes vesta graphica (Vesta Crescent)
Phyciodes vesta vesta

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Prey / Diet

Justicia pilosella (hairy tubetongue)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Dymasia dymas (tiny checkerspot)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0