Species Gerra radicalis - Hodges#9302

9302

Gerra radicalis Walker, 1864

Diamuna adrasta Druce, 1889

* phylogenetic sequence #931967

Similar to G. sevorsa, but with front wing above with nearly evenly curved red-brown postmedian line bordered on outer side by a pale submarginal band; with three dark submarginal triangles near apex not well-developed (usually only two in number), but usually prominent and well-developed in G. sevorsa. Hind wing of G. radicalis with dark border wider.

See also Gerrodes minataea, which is larger, with the curved bands of the outer front wing curving around along the inner margin, and also with the hind wing dark border narrower.

se. Arizona and sw. New Mexico to s. Mexico

unknown, but likely uses Vitaceae as larval hosts

Gerrra sevorsa

Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 31: 141-142

Nearctica