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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 » Cabniini » Cabnia » Cabnia myronella - Hodges#6037 (Cabnia myronella)

Species Cabnia myronella - Hodges#6037

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cabniini
Genus Cabnia
Species myronella (Cabnia myronella - Hodges#6037)
Hodges Number
6037
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cabnia myronella Dyar, 1904
Phylogenetic sequence #180325
Numbers
Only species in genus
Size
WS = 10–11mm (1)
Identification
FW dark ash-gray, uniformly colored, slightly frosted with pale scales. Traverse lines fine, obscure, whitish, distinct on upper half of wing, sinuous and narrow. Labial palps upturned, the second joint with a tuft below. Antennae with large basal joint. HW whitish, somewhat translucent, darker at margin. (1)
Range
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Remarks
Identified by Franziska Bauer, Lepidopterist at Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Museum of Zoology, Dresden
See Also
Ephestia columbiella
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.New Lepidoptera from the United States
Dyar, Harrison G. 1904. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Volume 12, page 105.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 October, 2015 - 3:16pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 February, 2023 - 2:09pm

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