Exyra
| Exyra | |
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| Exyra semicrocea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Exyra Grote, 1875 |
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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Exyra fax Grote, 1873 |
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Exyra ridingsii Riley, 1874 |
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Exyra semicrocea Guenée, 1852 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Ricci, Christine A; Meier, Albert J; Meier, Ouida W; Philips, T Keith (2017-12-08). "Effects of Exyra ridingsii (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Sarracenia flava (Nepenthales: Sarraceniaceae)". Environmental Entomology. 46 (6): 1346–1350. doi:10.1093/ee/nvx171. ISSN 0046-225X.
- ↑ "Exyra semicrocea Guenee | Harvard Forest". harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- Exyra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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