Phytometra rhodarialis

Species of moth

"Pink-bordered yellow" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Sicya macularia.

Phytometra rhodarialis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Genus:  | Phytometra
Species:  |

P. rhodarialis

Binomial name
Phytometra rhodarialis

Walker, 1859

Synonyms

* Phytometra semupurpurea (Walker, 1865) (form)
* Phytometra confinisalis (Walker, 1866)
* Phytometra rosalba (Grote, 1873)

Phytometra rhodarialis, the pink-bordered yellow, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from southern Ontario in Canada and Missouri and New Hampshire in the United States, south to Florida and Texas in the United States, possibly only as a stray northward.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. There are two or more generations in Ohio and New Jersey and more generations southward.

The larvae feed on Polygala species. Larvae have been reared on Polygala lutea and Polygala mariana.

## References

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* Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
* Cresswell, Stephen (July 14, 2017). "Species Phytometra rhodarialis \- Pink-Bordered Yellow - Hodges#8481". BugGuide. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
* "930717.00 – 8481 – Phytometra rhodarialis – Pink-Bordered Yellow Moth – (Walker, 1859)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Phytometra rhodarialis|

* Wikidata: Q7189803
* BAMONA: Phytometra-rhodarialis
* BOLD: 23478
* BugGuide: 66943
* CoL: 9475S
* GBIF: 9235027
* iNaturalist: 228111
* ITIS: 939868
* LepIndex: 281977
* MONA: 8481
* NatureServe: 2.113601
* NCBI: 1485860
* Open Tree of Life: 5557934

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