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Species Cisthene conjuncta - White-streaked Lichen Moth - Hodges#8073

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Cisthene conjucta from Hidalgo County, Texas - Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Lower Rio Grande Valley - Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta Lower Rio Grande Valley - Cisthene conjuncta Cisthene conjuncta
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Cisthenina
Genus Cisthene
Species conjuncta (White-streaked Lichen Moth - Hodges#8073)

Hodges Number

8073

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cisthene conjuncta (Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1913) (2)
Illice conjuncta Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Phylogenetic sequence # 930190

Numbers

The genus Cisthene includes 20 described species listed for America, north of Mexico. (3), (4)

Size

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) listed the wingspan as 15 mm.

Identification

Similar in size and general pattern to a few other Cisthene species (e.g. packardii) but pale areas of FWs whitish. Head and thorax whitish, base of collar slightly pink; FWs dark gray with a squarish white spot on costa just beyond middle, and a broad white band along inner margin (or just offset from it by gray), thinly connected to a large rounded white spot on the rear margin and separated from the latter by a small dark gray patch. [Adapted from Barnes & McDunnogh (1913) original description and online specimen images.] Original description as Illice conjuncta is available online in the print references below.

Range

Southern Texas.(5) Knowlton (1967) reportly examined a specimen from Kerrville.(3)
Holotype ♂ labeled San Benito, Texas, United States, (G. Dorner).

Season

The adults are most common in March, July, and October.

Remarks

Cisthene conjuncta was listed on the January 6, 2009 petition in the Federal Register, 74(3): 423 , to be considered for emergency listing as endangered. Result was Not Listed. However, this species is listed among Texas' "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (6)

See Also

Compare on the plates on Moth Photographers Group. (5)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Arctiadae. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2(3): 102, pl. 9, fig. 14.
Sexton, C., and H. McGuinness. 2017. Identification of lichen moths in the genus Cisthene in the central and eastern U.S. South. Lep. News (39(4):309-322.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Key to Texas species of Cisthene

Works Cited

1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
2.Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada
B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.
3.A Revision of the Species of Cisthene Known to Occur North of the Mexican Border (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)
Carroll B. Knowlton. 1967. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93(1): 41-100.
4.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 July, 2013 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 24 May, 2019 - 10:28am

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