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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » American Silkworm Moths (Apatelodidae) » Apatelodinae » Apatelodes » Apatelodes auduboni - Hodges#7664.1 (Apatelodes auduboni)
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Apatelodes sp. ? - Apatelodes auduboni
Copyright © 2013 Seth Patterson

Apatelodes sp. ? - Apatelodes auduboni
Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Cameron County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2013
Size: 3cm
Found feeding on Colima / Lime Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum fagara.
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Contributed by Seth Patterson on 24 October, 2013 - 4:08pm
Last updated 27 October, 2013 - 10:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2013 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Should we move all these to the genus page
while we wait for confirmation of the fact that it is a different species of Apatelodes?
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2013 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably isn't a bad idea, es
Probably isn't a bad idea, especially if the species is still undescribed. They may never have a guide page. I have a picture of an adult moth which I think they may turn into, I'll post it shortly.
… Seth Patterson, 27 October, 2013 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Don't know if you saw this post
which came in right after yours.
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2013 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
They are quite pevalent out a
They are quite pevalent out at the Sanctuary right now. Save for one or two all of the ones I've encountered have been on Lkme Prickly Ash/Colima.
… Seth Patterson, 27 October, 2013 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Interesting color pattern
Certainly looks like pudefacta, but we don't know if there is yet another species in Texas
… john and jane balaban, 24 October, 2013 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Texas Lepidoptera Survey
According to Bordelon & Knudson's "Checklist of Lepidoptera of the Audubon Palm Grove Sanctuary" (1998), there is an undescribed species of Apatelodes present at Sabal Palm Sanctuary.
… Seth Patterson, 27 October, 2013 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Very similar..
.. could there be any significance to the color of the third dorsal brush? In my example it is clearly gold. Thanks!
… South Texas Guy, 26 October, 2013 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

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