Riodinidae
77a0690 –
4408 Apodemia nais
(Edwards, 1877)
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Host familiy: Rosaceae Rhamnaceae. Host genera: Ceanothus Prunus. Notes: lists Ceanothus & Prunus as lab reared (JA Scott 1975a); list only Ceanothus (Wagner et al 2005); larvae eat leaves & probably fruits (Scott 2020). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025)
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| Synonymy: |
nais (Edwards, 1877) (Chrysophanus) - MONA 1983: 4408 |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Apodemia nais (Edwards, 1877), previously placed in the genus Neoapodemia, n. gen., in Trujano-Ortega et al. (2018), is returned to the genus Apodemia by Zhang et al. (2019) with Neoapodemia treated as a subgenus. |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at iNaturalist
- Species Page at the Butterflies of America
- Trujano-Ortega, M., U.O. García-Vázquez, C.J. Callaghan, O. Ávalos-Hernández, M.A. Luis-Martínez & J.E. Llorente-Bousquets, 2018. Two new genera of metalmark butterflies of North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). ZooKeys, 729: 61-85.
- Zhang, J., J. Shen, Q. Cong, N.V. Grishin, 2019. Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Zootaxa, 4668(4): 475-488.
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