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Ectypia clio (clio moth)

Synonyms: Ectypia thona

Wikipedia Abstract

Ectypia clio, the Clio moth or Clio tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found in California and from south-western to western Nebraska and Texas. It is also found in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. The habitat consists of lowland areas, where it is found along creeks and rivers and in agricultural and urban areas. The larvae feed on Asclepias species. They are black and covered with hairs.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)[1]
Asclepias californica (California milkweed)[1]
Asclepias fascicularis (narrowleaf milkweed)[1]
Funastrum hirtellum (hairy milkweed)[1]

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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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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