Exyra semicrocea

Thanks

Thanks guys - I had used the mislabeled internet reference to ID this initially. So it seems that Exyra semicrocea uses Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia minor and others as host plants.

… Steve Collins, 21 January, 2008 - 10:03am

Exyra semicrocea

Thanks for correcting this, Hannah. Two years ago, there was hardly any info on this species, and the few photos on the Internet were apparently mislabelled. The MPG page used to show a James Adams photo (which is still mislabelled as ridingsii on the Georgia Leps site) but now has Jim Vargo pics with correct IDs. All-Leps now has photos of E. ridingsii showing its banded forewing, and shots of E. semicrocea showing its half-and-half colored forewing. This is supported by Harvard's site which has a precise and detailed description of the banded forewing of ridingsii here, and multiple adult photos of all 3 species here.

I'll add more info and links to the species and genus pages shortly, and fix any remaining errors.

Moved from Exyra ridingsii to E. semicrocea.

… Robin McLeod, 20 January, 2008 - 6:27pm

I thought there must have been something like that going on

I'm pretty sure when I posted my own adult images two years ago, I wasn't even aware there were other possibilities. I just happened on this discrepancy because I have a larval image I'm planning to post - I actually have a record of the host plant, so assuming the hostplant info is accurate, I can get it to species, too.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 January, 2008 - 7:01pm

Also check Harvard's site

...which has detailed (original?) descriptions of egg, all 5 larval stages, pupa, and adult, plus distribution and host plants:
semicrocea
ridingsii

If you can understand the terminology, I think there's enough info there to distinguish larvae of the two species.

… Robin McLeod, 20 January, 2008 - 7:26pm

Hmm... rather too technical on first glance for me

especially as I didn't get many angles or details. I did get the host plant as S. minor, though, which should make it E. semicrocea, so that's how I'll post it.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 January, 2008 - 7:39pm

I've been doing more research on these

and I would say this is E. semicrocea, based on the MPG pinned adult images (linked from our info page) here. I had images of a similar one on this page but have moved it to the other sp. now.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 January, 2008 - 11:09am

new to Guide

finally got around to creating a species page for this one; couldn't find much info on the Internet about this species but its appearance is distinctive

… Robin McLeod, 9 January, 2006 - 10:21am