Saucy Beauty

Phaloesia saucia

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Phaloesia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Phaloesia saucia, the saucy beauty moth. The genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

Distribution

Saucy Beauty — (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 52United States of America · 5

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA DescriptionPhaloesia, Wikipedia contributors

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