Other Common Names
Guilded Seedcopper, Martins (NM)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Basilodes chrysopis Grote, 1881
(154)
syn.
Basilodes catharops Dyer, 1911
(64)
Phylogenetic sequence #931678.
Numbers
There are three named species of
Basilodes in America north of Mexico.
(1)Size
Forewing length about 18 mm.
Range
Arizona to Texas and north to Colorado and Oklahoma.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Most records of adults are from June through October.
(2)
*January record for Arizona. (?)
(2)Food
Larval host is
Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray (Asteraceae)
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1911. A new
Basilodes from Texas. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 13:
64
Grote, A. R., 1881. New moths from Arizona, with notes on
Catocala and
Heliothis. Papilio 1(9):
154
Lafontaine J. D., & B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 57.
(1)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 52.9; p. 288.
(3)Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of larvae, living and pinned adults.
Nearctica.com - species page
Moths of Southeastern Arizona. - pinned adult and foodplant reference.
Moth Photographers Group - pinned adult and related species for comparison.
