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Port Arthur Buck Moth - Hodges #7730.1 - Hemileuca n-sp - male
Copyright © 2013 Texas Lepidoptera Survey

Port Arthur Buck Moth - Hodges #7730.1 - Hemileuca n-sp - Male
Texas, USA
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Contributed by Texas Lepidoptera Survey on 18 July, 2013 - 8:56am

Hemileuca
This one is new to me, I did not realize that there was a cryptic Hemileuca maia-like species in east Texas. Port Arthur is very close to the LA border, where oak feeding H. maia is well documented.

If possible, I would much appreciate any literature or some form of data explaining what differentiates this buck moth from eastern H. maia populations. I am especially interested in the extent that this "new" species overlaps/ replaces true H. maia found in eastern TX and LA, or if in fact H. maia from those areas are now considered this new species.
… Ryan St Laurent, 18 July, 2013 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
"Port Arthur Buck Moth"
The image looks very much like Hemileuca piegleri, by the "glassy" appearance of the wings. Southern Louisiana populations (H. maia orleans) have opaque black (varies to blackish brown) wings, with a matte finish and the wings are more rounded than the individual in the image. Inland populations (H. maia sandra) also have matte wings, so the Port Arthur population does look different from known H. maia phenotypes. Further study of this population is warranted.
… Harry Pavulaan, 19 August, 2022 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
New Checklist Placement
Ryan & Harry - How does this now fit in with the 2023 NA Checklist? I'm tentatively placing it after Hemileuca sandra Pavulaan, 2020 (treated as a full species) at MPG. Or should I just remove it?
… Steve Nanz, 9 February, 2024 - 4:14am login or register to post comments

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