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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Tropical Burnet Moths (Lacturidae) » Enaemia » Enaemia pupula - Hodges#2405 (Enaemia pupula)

Species Enaemia pupula - Hodges#2405

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gregarious caterpillars - Enaemia pupula

unknown Caterpillar on Quercus virginiana - Enaemia pupula

No. 329 Lactura pupula? - Enaemia pupula

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Lacturidae (Tropical Burnet Moths)

Genus Enaemia

Species pupula (Enaemia pupula - Hodges#2405)

Hodges Number

2405

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enaemia pupula (Hübner, 1827)

Phylogenetic sequence # 075200

Explanation of Names

Enaemia pupula (Hübner, [1831]), n. comb. in Heppner (2019), was formerly in the genus Lactura.

Size

Wingspan 17-25 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing white with several black streaks in upper half, and several black oblong spots in lower half; hindwing rosy pink to dark orange.

Range

Nebraska, Illinois and Kentucky, south to Florida through Texas. (2), (3)

Food

New growth of Sideroxylon species. (2)

Print References

Heppner, J.B., 2019. Reassessment of Old World Lactura and validity of Enaemia for New World species (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Lacturidae). Lepidoptera Novae, 11(1-2): 7-14.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

placement of Lactura in family Lacturidae by Heppner (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)

presence in Illinois; list (Illinois State Museum)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

2.	Revision of the North American Lactura (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae) Matson, T.A., D.L. Wagner, S.E. Miller. 2019. ZooKeys, 846: 75–116.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 June, 2006 - 2:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, George Smiley
Last updated 24 October, 2022 - 3:55am

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