Species Negalasa fumalis - Hodges#5551

5551

Negalasa fumalis Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1913

Negalasa fumalis is the only member of the genus listed in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) listed the wingspan.

♂ 15 mm.

♀ 18 mm.

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) description stated.

♂ "Palpi, head and thorax pale ochraceous; tufts on legs smoky brown, primaries, pale to deep ochraceous, slightly sprinkled with smoky scales and shaded with smoky along costa, crossed by two faint waved ochreous lines; the t. a. line is upright, bordered inwardly by a black shade, usually more prominent than the line itself; t. p. line strongly excurved, from 2nd costal sinus, then subparallel to outer margin, with prominent black border; faint trace of dark terminal line; fringes ochreous, smoky outwardly and apically; secondaries pale ochreous, slightly smoky, especially along vein 2. Beneath, primaries deep ochreous, secondaries pale, costa of both wings shaded with black; traces of postmedian smoky line marked on costa with ochreous spot."

♀ "Primaries much deeper in color than in ♂, smoky brown, crossed by two indistinct black lines, corresponding to the black shade-lines of ♂; secondaries smoky."

Southern Texas, southern Arizona. (4), (3)

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) collected adults in San Benito, Texas (March, May, and July), and Brownsville, Texas (October, November).

No information on immature stages or host.

Galasa nigripunctalis

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Galasa nigrinodis

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. The Review Press, 2(3): 136; pl. 9, figs. 3-4.

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (listed only) (4)