Mesquite Looper Moth - Hodges#6415

Adult: forewing ground color white but largely obscured by extensive dark transverse streaks; PM line thick, black, sinuous, interrupted by yellowish-orange blob near costa; AM and median lines blackish, diffuse, almost straight; band of dark gray shading immediately beyond PM line, followed by whitish transverse band representing a subterminal line; terminal line a series of black dashes; hindwing light yellowish-brown with conspicuous dark median line * in south Texas Rindgea cyda can only be distinguished from the nearly identical R. s-signata by genitalia. ♂ ♀ The S-signata group consists of three very similar species. Please see notes on the range which is often helpful in determining the species. Rindgea ballandrata R. cyda R. s-signata 6/5/2022 by Ann Hendrickson: I have just discovered an error in the naming of the Male genitalia in the Ferguson fascicle on Page 340. Since I have made all of my identifications from the Male genitalia, I have missed this for YEARS! I made this discovery when I recently reared Rindgea s-signata for the FIRST TIME. The mother dissects as the Ferguson R. s-signata while 5 males from the brood dissect as the Ferguson named Rindgea cyda photographs b & d! That would indicate that the female dissections are the ones that are correctly named. The caterpillar posted on BOLD as TXLEP669-19, BIN, BOLD:AAF0914 was beaten from a Mesquite tree and matches Rindgea cyda , however, it is not Barcode compliant as is the comparison specimen. All of my barcode compliant specimens match. I am hoping that when I submit three specimens that dissect as R.s-signata , they will not match the others!