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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 atrolinea - Hodges#2403 (Enaemia atrolinea)

Species Enaemia atrolinea - Hodges#2403

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Lactura atrolinea - Hodges #2403 - Enaemia atrolinea Lactura atrolinea - Hodges #2403 - Enaemia atrolinea yellow-green caterpillar with black stripes1 - Enaemia atrolinea yellow-green caterpillar with black stripes2 - Enaemia atrolinea Lactura atrolinea, Brackettville, TX - Enaemia atrolinea Caterpillar on coma - Enaemia atrolinea Caterpillar on coma - Enaemia atrolinea Lactura atrolinea - Enaemia atrolinea
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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 atrolinea (Enaemia atrolinea - Hodges#2403)
Hodges Number
2403
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Enaemia atrolinea (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Mieza atrolinea Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Explanation of Names
Enaemia atrolinea (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), n. comb. in Heppner (2019), was formerly in the genus Lactura.
Identification
The original description as Mieza atrolinea Barnes & McDunnough, is available online at the link in the print references below. A redescription including larval characteristics can be found in Matson, Wagner, & Miller, 2019. (1)
The only Enaemia with nearly complete transverse lines. The related species have dots in various patterns. Hindwing is a solid salmon-orange color. Larvae can be identified by the presence of metallic blue dorsal warts. (1)
Range
South Texas. (1), (2)
Season
Adults are most common from March to May, September through November. (1), (2)
Food
New growth of saffron plum (Sideroxylon celastrinum). (1)
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North. 2: 144. (3)
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
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American Lactura (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)
Matson, T.A., D.L. Wagner, S.E. Miller. 2019. ZooKeys, 846: 75–116.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 March, 2012 - 12:56am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, George Smiley
Last updated 24 October, 2022 - 3:53am

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