''Pseudohemihyalea ambigua'', the red-banded aemilia, is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found from southern
Wyoming to Durango,
Mexico.
The length of the forewings is about 24 mm for females and 22 mm in males. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The
larvae feed on ''
Pinus ponderosa
''Pinus ponderosa'', commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the ...
''.
External links
* (2009): Revision of the ''"Aemilia" ambigua'' (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ''
ZooKeys'' 9: 63-78.
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Moths described in 1885
ambigua
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