(Hulst, 1888) in Louisiana by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 email: [email protected]

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Fig. 1. Glenoides texanaria: a. male, b. female. Fig. 2. Parish records by this author. 200 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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0 Fig. 3. Glenoides texanaria captured at sec.24T6SR12E, 4.2 mi. NE Abita Springs, Louisiana. n = 4484 The small geometrid Glenoides texanaria (Hulst) (Fig. 1) is a fairly common species in Louisiana. Adults have been captured in all twelve months in Louisiana, though there are three primary broods separated by approximate two month intervals occurring June, August and October (Fig. 3). Hulst (1888) described Tephrosia texanaria from a series of 14 specimens. Later in 1896, Hulst moved texanaria to the genus Glena . McDunnough (1920) movedtexanaria to the newly created monotypic genus Glenoides. Rindge (1973) designated the lectotype, a male from the type series. Rindge (1973) stated texanaria occurs in the southeastern United States including: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and South Carolina. I have records before me fortexanaria from eight Louisiana parishes (Fig. 2). Heppner (2003) lists the currently known expanded range for texanaria to include: Virginia to Florida and Missouri to Texas. Also in 1973, Blanchard described a second and smaller in size species, Glenoides lenticuligera from Texas (TL: Hildago County). Literature cited Blanchard, A. 1973. A new species of the genus Glenoides McDunnough (Geometridae). Jour. Lepid. Soc. 27: 141-143. Heppner, J. B. 2003. of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 17: of Florida, Div. Plant Industry, Fla. Dept. Agr. & Consum. Serv., Gainesville. x + 670 pp., 55 plates. Hulst, G. D. 1888. New species of Geometridae (No. 4). Entomol. Amer. 3: 213-217. _____ 1896. A classification of the Geometrina of North Americana, with descriptions of new genera and species. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 23: 245-386. McDunnough, J. 1920. Studies in North American Cleorini (Geometridae). Can. Dept. Agric. Bull. 18. Rindge, F. H. 1973. On Glenoides texanaria (Geometridae) with designation of the lectotype. Jour. Lepid. Soc. 27: 140. 1 1-Jan 1 0 n =4484 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 1-Feb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 200 0 1-Mar 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 200 0 1-Apr 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 200 0 1-May 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 7 6 8 9 14 16 15 200 30 1-Jun 38 26 36 28 103 48 58 59 64 72 72 65 49 45 54 43 30 14 12 9 11 6 4 2 0 5 1 1 2 200 0 1-Jul 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 8 10 10 10 17 10 10 12 5 13 9 26 200 15 1-Aug 20 22 29 36 31 28 17 32 42 52 64 62 49 43 28 25 25 9 15 3 6 5 9 4 2 0 7 4 1 1 200 1 1-Sep 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 2 200 4 Oct. 1 6 5 9 11 10 14 17 3 32 37 38 81 72 82 69 151 98 105 102 162 153 157 120 189 106 96 63 72 59 68 200 42 1-Nov 33 37 23 17 16 12 11 16 19 11 9 8 9 7 7 9 8 5 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 200 1 1-Dec 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0