Tmolus echion

TaxID: 2754014

Basic Information

Tmolus echion

Red-spotted Hairstreak

Tmolus echion, the red-spotted hairstreak or larger lantana butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Brazil, north to Sinaloa and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Rare strays can be found in southern Texas. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1902 to control lantana. The wingspan is 22 C32 mm. Adults are on wing in May in southern Texas and year-round in Hawaii and Mexico. Adults feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on various tropical plants including verbena, mint and potato species.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Lycaenidae

Tmolus

echion

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Tmolus echion
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(c) Daniel Velasco C.@BY-NC
Tmolus echion
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(c) Eric van den Berghe@BY-NC
Tmolus echion
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(c) Eric van den Berghe@BY-NC
Tmolus echion
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(c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista@BY-NC
Tmolus echion
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(c) Daniel Velasco C.@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (1 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Ananas comosus Host

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (19 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
Guatemala Present —
Guyana Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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