Species Mimobarathra antonito - Hodges#10622

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Mimobarathra antonito (Barnes, 1907)

Mamestra antonito Barnes, 1907

This is the only species of Mimobarathra in our area (1).

Wingspan: 35 mm.

Arizona and New Mexico

This species has hairy eyes, which is what led Barnes to originally place this species in Mamestra. Unlike Mamestra, however, it possesses spined mid and hind tibiae which is characteristic of Agrotinae (Hampson). Only two genera possessed both of these features (Ala, a central Asian Heliothid-like genus; and Trichorthosia, which is characterized by the flat hairy appressed thoracic vestiture with a slight tuft of metallic scaling on the metathorax and no abdominal tufting). Besides these two shared characteristics, this species had nothing in common with the other two genera, which is why Barnes & McDunnough created a new genus in 1915.

Barnes, William. "New Species of North American Lepidoptera." The Canadian Entomologist 39.1 (1907): 14-15.

Barnes, William J., and J. McDunnough. "A New Genus and a New Species of Lepidoptera from Arizona." The Canadian Entomologist 47.1 (1915): 20-21.

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)