Palpita flegia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Crambidae
Subfamilia: Pyraustinae
Tribus: Spilomelini
Genus: Palpita
Species: Palpita flegia
Name

Palpita flegia (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms

Palpita virginalis Hübner, 1825 (replacement name )
Palpita flegyalis Poey, 1832 (emend.)
Palpita villosalis Zeller, 1852
Palpita phantasmalis Guenée, 1854

Palpita flegia, the satin white moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in Suriname, Colombia, Brazil,[1] Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico,[2] the Caribbean and the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and Texas.

The moth is about 46 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Thevetia peruviana.[4]
References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
BOLD Systems
Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
Bug Guide