Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bagisara buxea (Grote
(1), 1881)
Schinia buxea Grote, 1881
Trileuca delicia Dyar, 1907
Bagisara gustata Dyar, 1923
Phylogenetic sequence # 931244
(2) Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 12 species of the genus
Bagisara in America north of Mexico.
(2)Size
Forewing length 13-14 mm.
(3)
Larva to about 30 mm. (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).
Pupa 11-13 mm. (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).
Identification
Genitalia:
Larva: mottled green and white.
(3)Range
California to Texas and Kansas.
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(5),
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(7)Food
Larvae feed on Sphaeralcea spp. (globemallow). (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).
See Also
Other Bagisara species have differently-shaped lines or a different pattern of lines on the forewing.
Print References
Comstock, J.A. & C.A. Dammers, 1935. Notes on the early stages of three butterflies and six moths from California.
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science, 34(2):
138, pl.32-34
Grote, A.R. 1881. New moths, chiefly from Arizona.
The Canadian Entomologist, 13(11):
230
Powell, J.A. & P. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 50, fig. 12; p.280
(3)Internet References
pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
(9)
presence in California; list of 12 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)