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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Megathymini » Megathymina » Stallingsia » Manfreda Giant-Skipper - Hodges#4152 (Stallingsia maculosus)

Species Stallingsia maculosus - Manfreda Giant-Skipper - Hodges#4152

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Tribe Megathymini

Subtribe Megathymina

Genus Stallingsia

Species maculosus (Manfreda Giant-Skipper - Hodges#4152)

Hodges Number

4152

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stallingsia maculosus (H. Freeman)

Orig. Comb: Megathymus maculosus H. Freeman, 1955

Range

historical range: San Antonio to n. Nuevo Leon, Mex. - Map - MPG

Two known modern (sight?) records (1)

TEXAS: Medina Co, 1 mi. E of Hondo, 5/20/2004 - Charles W. Bordelon, Jr. (pers. comm. to MAQ)

TEXAS: Medina Co, Castroville, 5/15/2010 - Charles W. Bordelon, Jr. (pers. comm. to MAQ)

Habitat

see photos: Butterflies of America

Season

May and Sept. to early Oct. (2)

Life Cycle

larvae host on Manfreda maculosa (Agavaceae)

Global distribution of Texas Tuberose - Manfreda maculosa - iNaturalist

US range of all Maculosa spp. - BONAP

Texas Manfreda spp. photos - NABA-SoTX

Remarks

Texas considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (3)

Print References

Freeman, H.A. 1955. Four new species of Megathymus (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Megathymidae). American Museum Novitiates, 1711: 1-20.

Freeman, H.A. 1969. Systematic review of the Megathymidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 23 (Supplement 1): 1-62. (Full Text)

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2012

Butterflies of America - BOA

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

South Texas Manfreda Conservation Survey - NABA

Texas Manfreda spp. photos - NABA-SoTX

Texas Tuberose (Manfreda maculosa) - iNaturalist

Works Cited

1.	Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary

2.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

3.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 31 March, 2016 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 25 March, 2021 - 12:51pm

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