Species Tripudia damozela - Hodges#9002.2

9002.2

Tripudia damozela (Dyar, 1914)

Cobubatha damozela Dyar, 1914 (1)

Tripuda inquaesita Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Phylogenetic sequence # 931257 (2)

Tripudia inquaesita (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) was replaced by Tripudia damozela (Dyar, 1914) when the two species were synonymized in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010)(2). T. inquaesita was raised back to full species status in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015)(3). T. damozela is reassigned to 9002.2 and T. inquaesita is again assigned to 9002, the number used in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.

Wingspan 15 mm. (1)

T. damozela occurs in southeastern Mexico northward in the Sierra Madre Oriental to western Texas and T. inquaesita occurs in southern Arizona and probably in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico. Differences in maculation and barcode are noted. (3)

Adults are most common from February to June. (4)

Some fall and early winter records exist.

Larval host is unknown.

Listed as Tripuda inquaesita on the California and Arizona checklists. (5)

Tripudia inquaesita is found in AZ. (3)

Tripudia munna - The median line is much straighter. Recorded in southern California and southern Arizona.

Dyar, H.G. 1914. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47: 380. (1)

Moth Photographers Group(4)