Exyra

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Exyra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Biology

File:Exyra semicrocea 261740232.jpg

E. semicrocea inside a Sarracenia pitcher

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, while E. semicrocea feeds on S. minor, S. rubra, S. alata, S. leucophylla, and less commonly on S. flava and S. psittacina.

Species

Image	Species
File:Exyra fax, New Salem, MA, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 212843130 (cropped).jpg	Exyra fax Grote, 1873
File:Exyra ridingsii, Liberty County, US-FL, US imported from iNaturalist photo 199319228.jpg	Exyra ridingsii Riley, 1874
File:Exyra semicrocea 485720685 (cropped).jpg	Exyra semicrocea Guenée, 1852

References

• Exyra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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