Exyra

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Exyra semicrocea 199246826.jpg | image_caption = ''Exyra semicrocea'' | taxon = Exyra | authority = Grote, 1875 }} '''''Exyra''''' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

== Biology == [[File:Exyra semicrocea 261740232.jpg|left|thumb|''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'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ricci |first=Christine A |last2=Meier |first2=Albert J |last3=Meier |first3=Ouida W |last4=Philips |first4=T Keith |date=2017-12-08 |title=Effects of Exyra ridingsii (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Sarracenia flava (Nepenthales: Sarraceniaceae) |url=https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/46/6/1346/4591685?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Environmental Entomology |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=1346–1350 |doi=10.1093/ee/nvx171 |issn=0046-225X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> while ''E. semicrocea'' feeds on ''S. minor'', ''S. rubra,'' ''S. alata'', ''S. leucophylla'', and less commonly on ''S. flava'' and ''S. psittacina''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exyra semicrocea Guenee {{!}} Harvard Forest |url=https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exyra-semicrocea |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu}}</ref> {{Clear|left}}

==Species== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Image !Species |- |frameless |''Exyra fax'' Grote, 1873 |- |frameless |''Exyra ridingsii'' Riley, 1874 |- |frameless |''Exyra semicrocea'' Guenée, 1852 |}

==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/plusiinae/exyra/index.html ''Exyra''] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&FAMILY=Noctuidae Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]

Category:Plusiinae