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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Basilodes » Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges#9780 (Basilodes chrysopis)
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South Texas Caterpillar 3 - Basilodes chrysopis
Copyright © 2006 Roger Rittmaster

South Texas Caterpillar 3 - Basilodes chrysopis
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 20, 2006
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 6 November, 2006 - 7:02pm
Last updated 19 January, 2010 - 1:30pm

Moved
Moved from Basilodes.

Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges #9780 feeding on Verbesina enceliodes
… Maury J. Heiman, 19 January, 2010 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
It probably is safe to go with this genus, if not a particular species yet. Wagner's confusion over the New Mexico cat sprung from the description of its eating Datura; but in subsequent discussion, it came out that the caterpillar was never actually seen eating the Datura, which was in the midst of a large patch of Verbesina, a much more appropriate Basilodes food plants...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 30 November, 2006 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

No idea, except...
Hey Roger!

This caterpillar is a serious mystery. Bob Barber has photographed what appears to be the same species in Alamogordo, NM feeding on Datura quercifolia. Reportedly even Dave Wagner is stumped by it!

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
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956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 17 November, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Basilodes cf chrysopis
Josh, when I sent this picture to David Wagner, he identified it as above (he wasn't entirely sure of the species). Has he changed his mind?
… Roger Rittmaster, 22 November, 2006 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

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