1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1-8: Smith (1797): 31-32, pl. 16 [nach Copyright-freien Scans auf biodiversitylibrary.org]

Calhoun (2006: 8) bemerkt kritisch: “The larva is not consistent with this species or the closely related W. egeremet (Scudder).”

3. Biologie

3.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• ??? [Iridaceae:] Sisyrinchium bermudiana [Smith (1797): pl. 16]

Calhoun (2006) hält diese Angabe für falsch und erläutert: “Regardless of Abbot's abilities, some of his hostplant relationships are simply untenable. His drawing of Wallengrenia otho (J. E. Smith) for Plate 16 of Insects of Georgia includes a species of blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium L. (Table 1). Although W. otho feeds on grasses (Poaceae), Sisyrinchium is not a grass at all, but a member of the irus family (Iridaceae).”

4. Weitere Informationen

4.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Papilio otho Smith, 1797 [Originalkombination]

4.2. Literatur

• Calhoun, J. V. (2006): A glimpse into a “Flora et Entomologia”: The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia By J. E. Smith and J. Abbot (1797). — Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 60 (1): 1-37.
• Erstbeschreibung: Smith, J. E. (1797): The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia. Including their Systematic Characters, the Particulars of their several Metamorphoses, and the Plants on which they Feed. Vol. I: i-xv, 1-100, pl. I-L. London (T. Bensley). — Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org: [31], [pl. 16]