First Quarter So. TX Rarities - 2004

[Mike Quinn]

The following records recently occurred or were recently reported from So.
TX or NE Mexico:

"Maguey Worm" (Aegiale hesperiaris) - Oct 23, 2002 - La Estanzuela,
Monterey, N.L., Mexico

Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) - April 18, 2004 - Frontera Audubon,
Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX

Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis) - April 18, 2004 - Frontera Audubon,
Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius form pseudoamericus) - April
3, 2003 - Chihuahua Woods, Hidalgo Co., TX

Variegated Skipper (Gorgythion begga) - March 21, 2004 - ~ 7 miles north of
Rio Grande City, Starr Co., TX

Calleta Silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta) - March 20, 2004 - nr. Mission
Valley, Victoria Co., TX

Double-dotted Skipper (Decinea percosius) - March 14, 2004 - Sabal Palm
Grove, Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX

Gilbert's Flasher (Astraptes alector) - March 12, 2004 -  NABA International
Butterfly Park, Mission, TX

Forbes' Silkmoth (Rothschildia lebeau forbesi) - March 11, 2004 - Alamo,
Hidalgo Co., TX

White-tailed Longtail (Urbanus doryssus) - March 10, 2004 - NABA
International Butterfly Park, Mission, TX

Mountain Groundstreak (Ziegleria guzanta) - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd U.S. Records -
Texas

Evans' Skipper (Panoquina evansi) - February 7, 2004 - Sabal Palm Grove,
Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX

Barred Yellow (Eurema daira) - January 11, 2004 -  NABA International
Butterfly Park, Mission, TX

Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bebrycia) - January 10, 2004 - Madero,
Hidalgo Co., TX

Links to images for these records are posted here:
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      Recent Rio Grande Rarities
www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/recent.html

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Mike Quinn, New Braunfels, TX, ento at satx.rr.com

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      Texas Entomology
http://home.satx.rr.com/txento



 
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