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Princely Tiger Moth

Chrysocale principalis (Walker, 1864)

Tiger Moth Family Arctiidae

(male)

Altas Cumbres, La Iglesia, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, MX
April 2006, by students of the Instituto Tecnológico

 

MEXICO: Jalisco 12.6 mi. southwest Ciudad Guzman April 13, 1990 Ferreira, Schaffner

Specimen curated in the TAMUIC

Range: MEXICO: Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas

Type Locality: Oaxaca

Taxonomy: syn: Eupyra principalis

Note: Druce (1884) reported that the only specimen known to him was the type in the British Museum.

Similar Species: Chrysocale regalis (Boisduval, 1836)

Biography: Francis Walker (1809 - 1874) - Wikipedia

References: 

Druce, H. 1884. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Volume I . R.H. Porter, London. Pl. 70, fig 27.

Walker, F. 1864. Lepidoptera Heterocera. in: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 37: 97.

18 Mar 2008  © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology / Diurnal Moths