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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Tropical Burnet Moths (Lacturidae) » Enaemia » Enaemia basistriga - Hodges#2404 (Enaemia basistriga)

Species Enaemia basistriga - Hodges#2404

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Lactura basistriga from Lower Rio Grande Valley - Enaemia basistriga

Enaemia basistriga or rubritegula? - Enaemia basistriga

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Lacturidae (Tropical Burnet Moths)

Genus Enaemia

Species basistriga (Enaemia basistriga - Hodges#2404)

Hodges Number

2404

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enaemia basistriga (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)

Eustixis basistriga Barnes & McDunnough 1913

Explanation of Names

Enaemia basistriga (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), n. comb. in Heppner (2019), was formerly in the genus Lactura.

Identification

White without speckling, an antemedial line of three red spots forming a slight arc and a postmedial line of four red spots forming a chevron. Lacks dorsal red scales on the tegula (patch of scales covering the wing base) and has short subcostal red dash at wing base. See Matson & Wagner (2017). (1)

Range

Hidalgo Co. and Cameron Co., TX (1)

Season

Peak activity March to May and September into November. (1)

Food

Saffron plum (Sideroxylon celastrinum). (1)

See Also

Enaemia nalli (Matson & Wagner, 2019) (2) typically has reduced marking but is best separated by dissection.

Enaemia rubritegula has a red scales on the base of the tegula as the name implies and lacks the short subcostal red dash at wing base. (1)

Print References

Heppner, J.B., 2019. Reassessment of Old World Lactura and validity of Enaemia for New World species (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Lacturidae). Lepidoptera Novae, 11(1-2): 7-14.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A new cryptic Lactura from Texas (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae) Tanner Matson, David L. Wagner. 2017. ZooKeys 711: 141-150.

2.	Revision of the North American Lactura (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae) Matson, T.A., D.L. Wagner, S.E. Miller. 2019. ZooKeys, 846: 75–116.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 April, 2007 - 8:50am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Chuck Sexton, George Smiley, A. Hendrickson, Steve Morris
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 10:06pm

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