Spragueia leo (Guenée), Guenee

Pogue, Michael G., 2010, of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zootaxa 2499, pp. 1-20 : 7

5. Spragueia leo (Guenée)

( Figs. 11–12 , Map 6)

Identification: Forewing length 7.0-8.0 mm. Spragueia leo has a white costa with a series of four small black spots, as compared to the large white costal patches and no series of small costal dots in S. dama . Forewing has a black horizontal band that may be dissected by orange antemedial and postmedial lines, and narrower black band along posterior margin that can also be dissected by orange. Hind wing is dark gray; lighter than in S. dama .

Flight period: Late May, July to early August, and early September.

Collected localities: North Carolina: Swain Co.: 0.7 km up creek from mouth of Goldmine Creek. Tennessee: Blount Co.: Tremont; Cocke Co.: Cosby Ranger Station; Foothills Parkway; Foothills Parkway at north overlook; Foothills Parkway south overlook. (11 specimens)

Elevation range: 1360–2400 ft. (415–732 m)

General distribution: An eastern species ranging from Massachusetts south to Florida, west to Louisiana and Texas, and in the Midwest from Ohio to Kansas.

Larval hosts: Bindweed ( Calystegia sp., Convolvulaceae ) ( Covell 1984).

MAP 6. Collecting localities of Spragueia leo .

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 16. Adults. 3, Ponometia candefacta, m, Oklahoma, Cimarron Co., Black Mesa State Park, east end of primitive area, nr. Lake Elling, 4281 ft., 36 o 50.783 ’ N, 102 o 52.583 ’ W, 24 Aug. 2004, M. G. Pogue; 4, Ponometia candefacta, f, Arkansas, Washington Co.: Devil’s Den State Park, 12 July 1966, R. W. Hodges; 5, Ponometia erastrioides, m, Maryland, Montgomery Co.: Colesville, 29 Aug. 1978, D. C. Ferguson; 6, Ponometia erastrioides, f, Arkansas, Washington Co.: Devil’s Den State Park, 25 June 1966, R. W. Hodges; 7, Spragueia apicalis, m, Texas, Montgomery Co., Camp Strake 9 Sep. 1975, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 8, Spragueia apicalis, f, Texas, Tyler Co., Town Bluff (Dam B) 15 Sep. 1975, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 9, Spragueia dama, f, Maryland, Dorchester Co., Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area, 7 Aug. 1999, J. Glaser; 10, Spragueia dama, f, Maryland, Prince Georges Co., Spice Creek Marsh, 17 Aug. 2003, J. Glaser; 11, Spragueia leo, f, Maryland, Prince Georges Co.: Oxon Hill, 11 July 1972, G. F. Hevel; 12, Spragueia leo, f, Arkansas, Washington Co.: Devil’s Den State Park, 3 June 1966, R. W. Hodges; 13, Amyna axis, m, Texas, Tarrant Co., Fort Worth, 14 Sep. 1962, E. Jackh Jr.; 14, Amyna axis, f, Texas, Cameron Co.: Brownsville, 27 Oct. 1970, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 15, Amyna axis, f, Texas, La Salle Co.: Artesia Wells, 11 Nov. 1971, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 16, Argillophora furcilla, m, Florida, Alachua Co.: Gainesville, hardwood hammock, 25 May 1972, E. C. Knudson.