A New Dryocampa Species (Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae) from the Hill Country of Texas: Not Everything in Texas is Big

David L. Wagner; Delmar L. Cain; Richard S. Peigler

doi:10.18473/lepi.77i3.a3

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David L. Wagner,^1,* Delmar L. Cain,² Richard S. Peigler³

¹.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269–3043, USA
².105 Clear Creek Circle, Boerne, Texas 78006, USA,
³.Department of Biology, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas 78209-6397 USA; Email: peigler@uiwtx.edu

^*Corresponding author email: David.wagner@uconn.edu

Abstract

Dryocampa kendalli n. sp.—a diminutive North American saturniid—is described from buckeye-rich bottomlands of the Hill Country of Texas. Adults have subdued yellow and pink maculation and often a dusky aspect that distinguishes them from their eastern sister species D. rubicunda. While the new species COI barcode differs from that of D. rubicunda by only 1.3%, the adult, larva, and hostplant association differ from those of D. rubicunda. The adult, eggs, larva, and genitalia of the new species are illustrated and its life history briefly characterized.

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David L. Wagner, Delmar L. Cain, and Richard S. Peigler "A New Dryocampa Species (Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae) from the Hill Country of Texas: Not Everything in Texas is Big," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 77(3), 159-168, (22 September 2023). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.77i3.a3

Received: 19 April 2023; Accepted: 30 June 2023; Published: 22 September 2023