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Genus Lipocosma

Lipocosma sicalis 4873? - Lipocosma sicalis Exposed Lipocosma - Lipocosma septa Exposed Lipocosma - Hodges#4885 - Lipocosma septa Lipocosma? - Lipocosma polingi Glaphyria fulminalis? - Lipocosma polingi 4886  - Lipocosma albinibasalis Sooty Lipocosmodes - Lipocosma
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Glaphyriinae
Genus Lipocosma
Numbers
7 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Range
southeastern Canada to Florida, west to California
Internet References
live adult image of L. septa (Bob Patterson, Maryland)
occurrence in Arizona; list (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
occurrence in California; list (California Academy of Sciences)