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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Sciota Group » Meroptera » Poplar Bud Borer Moth - Hodges#5786 (Meroptera cviatella)

Species Meroptera cviatella - Poplar Bud Borer Moth - Hodges#5786

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Meroptera cviatella Phycitini - Meroptera cviatella Moth - Meroptera cviatella Poplar Bud Borer - Meroptera cviatella Poplar Bud Borer - Meroptera cviatella Meroptera cviatella? - Meroptera cviatella Meroptera cviatella Poplar Bud Borer - Meroptera cviatella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)
No Taxon (Sciota Group)
Genus Meroptera
Species cviatella (Poplar Bud Borer Moth - Hodges#5786)
Hodges Number
5786
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meroptera cviatella Dyar, 1905
Phylogenetic sequence #171750
Size
Wingspan: 22–25 mm (1)
Identification
Adult: Basal area, the costa and the inner margin of the FW are broadly bright reddish brown, while the center beyond the base is purplish gray. (1)

Mark Dreiling's DNA Specimen
Range
North America, including Illinois, Colorado, Iowa, Oklahoma and Quebec. (1)
Food
Larvae feed on the buds of Populus species. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description & image (1)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 18 April, 2007 - 6:18pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 29 January, 2016 - 5:27pm

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