Exyra
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| Exyra | |
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| File:Exyra semicrocea 199246826.jpg | |
| Exyra semicrocea | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Exyra Grote, 1875 |
Exyra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Biology
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Caterpillars of the genus Exyra feed only on Sarracenia (North American pitcher plants). E. fax feeds only on S. purpurea and E. ridingsii feeds only on S. flava,[1] while E. semicrocea feeds on S. minor, S. rubra, S. alata, S. leucophylla, and less commonly on S. flava and S. psittacina.[2]
Species
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References
[edit | edit source]- Exyra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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