Species Eubaphe unicolor - Hodges#7444

7444

Orange Beggar

Eubaphe unicolor (Robinson, 1869)

Eudule unicolor (Hübner)

Phylogenetic sequence # 217550

There are five named Eubaphe species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Forewing length 9-13 mm. (2)

Length of final instar 2.5-2.7 cm (BG data)

Solid pale orange forewing and hindwing with black legs.

Arizona to Louisiana, north to Colorado and Kansas. (3), (1),(4), (5), (6), (2)

British Columbia? One 1951 record. (3)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Adults are most often reported from April to November, February to December in Texas. (1)

Larval host is violet, Viola sp. (2)

Larvae reported on Hybanthus (Violaceae) in southern Arizona. (McFarland). (2)

Lawrence Gilbert reports the following life history data:

This series shows life history of Eubaphe unicolor, reared on Viola missouriensis.

An older wild caught female was confined on transplanted host plant. In laying eggs, she avoided leaves, placing most eggs on dead stems and similar substrate. Early larvae were strip miners on leave surfaces, then graduated to eating leaves in more standard fashion. Pupating larvae spin loose silk net from which they suspend themselves to pupate. Last instar skin remains attached to pupa and contributes to its debris-like appearance.

Length of final instar was 2.5-2.7 cm. and of pupa ~1 cm. Egg to Pupa required about 60 days.

Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Austin, Travis Co., TX - May 28, 2015

Virbia aurantiaca

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 33.14, p. 229. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Barcode of Life Data Systems - BOLD

Macro-moths of British Columbia - Lafontaine and Troubridge

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - Bruce Walsh