Species Supralathosea baboquivariensis - Hodges#10024

10024

Supralathosea baboquivariensis Barnes and Benjamin, 1924

Phylogenetic sequence #931572

WS ≈ 31-34 mm (1)

Adult: Male - Head, thorax and abdomen dull gray, mixed with some black and white ● FW ground color dull gray, more or less suffused and irrorated with white ● All ordinary lines and spots more or less obsolescent, not easily distinguishable ● Fringe nearly concolorus, obsolescently interlined with whitish and checkered with black ● HW nearly pure white, with a faint distal dot and some fuscous scales scattered over the costal area, on the veins, and along outer margin, which is also marked by black dots between the veins. Female - similar to the male. FW darker, more or less suffused with black rather than white. The transverse maculation obsolescent but better marked than in male. HW more fuscous along the costa, outer margin and on veins. (1)

SE Arizona (mostly Babaquivari Mts, Pima Co)(2)

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Type locality: Baboquivari Mountains, Pima Co., AZ.

Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1924. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(3): 133.

Crabo & Keegan, 2025. ZooKeys, 1228: 203.(2)

Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adult

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)