4768 - Usingeriessa onyxalis

Moved to Usingeriessa onyxalis

Moved from Usingeriessa brunnildalis. Two main lines of evidence now suggest that all of the Texas images of this genus belong in U. onyxalis:

1. Two specimens from Edwards Co. (A. Hendrickson), including this example, submitted for barcoding cluster closely within a long series of U. onyxalis from Costa Rica; BOLD BIN AAA0337.

2. All of the Texas images (Edwards, Kendall, Kimble, Uvalde, and Travis Cos.) closely match the description of U. onyxalis in Munroe's fascicle on the subfamily (1) as well as Dyar's 1906 description(2) of "Elophila cancellalis" from nearby Val Verde Co., TX, which Munroe synonymized with U. onyxalis.(1)

… Chuck Sexton, 7 October, 2017 - 9:07pm

Usingeriessa onyxalis?

This is an interesting and uncommon genus in Texas. I think your moth and mine may be different species. I identified my U. brunnildalis from original lit (Munroe's 1972 MONA fascicle 13.1A) and specimens at Univ. of Texas but there's some disconnect between those MONA descriptions and what I found in the U.T. collection. I'm waiting on the arrival of MONA fascicle 13.1C right which has Munroe's illustrations to see if that can help clarify the situation.

… Chuck Sexton, 2 April, 2016 - 6:32am

Chuck, I think you are probably right about this one. Delmar has had one sent to BOLD. His look like your Uvalde specimen and this one. So, when the results come back we may get an answer to some of our questions. It would be good to get more photographs "on the books" to help with ID's.

… A. Hendrickson, 30 July, 2016 - 9:58am

Chuck, Delmar Cain is struggling with similar ones also. See his

. He has been frustrated.

… A. Hendrickson, 2 April, 2016 - 8:03am

Gorgeous photo! I think I have had one, but it was not ID'able.

… A. Hendrickson, 8 January, 2015 - 12:21am