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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Elasmia » Elasmia mandela - Hodges#7950.1 (Elasmia mandela)

Species Elasmia mandela - Hodges#7950.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Elasmia mandela santanna - Elasmia mandela

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Nystaleinae

Genus Elasmia

Species mandela (Elasmia mandela - Hodges#7950.1)

Hodges Number

7950.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elasmia mandela (Druce, 1887)(1)

Hippia mandela Druce, 1887

Phylogenetic sequence # 930126.1

Numbers

Elasmia includes three species in America north of Mexico.(1)

Elasmia cave

Elasmia mandela santanna

Elasmia packardii

Size

Forewing length:

♂ 17-18 mm.

♀ 18-20 mm.

Range

The subspecies Elasmia mandela santanna is found in Texas and Oklahoma

Elasmia mandela is found in Mexico and Costa Rico.

Season

Adults are most common from April through October.

Food

Larval host plants include:

Unganadia speciosa (Mexican buckeye).

Print References

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2011. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 149: 145-161. doi: 10.3897/zookeys149.1805.(1)

Metzler E.H. & E.C. Knudson 2011. A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from Texas and Oklahoma (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Nystaleinae), Zookeys 149: 51-67. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Works Cited

1.	Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

2.	A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from .... Eric Metzler, Edward Knudson. 2011. Zookeys 149: 51-67.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 November, 2011 - 12:41am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 11 May, 2022 - 8:22pm

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