Polka-dot Wasp Moth @ Rio Grande Valley, So. TX - Mar 2-3, 2008

Mike Quinn entomike at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 10:16:45 EDT 2008


All,

Don DeSteiguer and Frances Bartle recorded Syntomeida epilais (Walker)
along the Tex-Mex border in south Texas. The moth stuck around for two
days, both of which were excessively windy.

TEXAS: Starr Co.
Falcon State Park
March 2-3, 2008
DeSteiguer, Bartle

Falcon State Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/falcon/

Per Knudson & Bordelon (2004), "This species is vaguely reported from
the [Rio Grande] Valley, but we have not seem an authentic specimen."

Here's a page page I drafted.

Polka-dot Wasp Moth
Syntomeida epilais (Walker, 1854)
Tiger Moth Family Arctiidae
http://www.texasento.net/epilais.htm

Mike Quinn, Austin, Texas

Knudson, E. & C. Bordelon. 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the
Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX. Vol. 2B : Macro-Moths.
Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

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