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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Pyralinae » Aglossa » Aglossa cacamica - Hodges#5514 (Aglossa cacamica)

Species Aglossa cacamica - Hodges#5514

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Large Moth - Aglossa cacamica Large Moth - Aglossa cacamica 5514 - Aglossa cacamica
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Pyralinae
Genus Aglossa
Species cacamica (Aglossa cacamica - Hodges#5514)
Hodges Number
5514
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aglossa cacamica (Dyar, 1913)
Aglossa cacamica Solis & Shaffer, 1999
Pyralis cacamica Dyar, 1913
* polygenetic sequence #164175
Size
Forewing length 9.5-12.5 mm.(1)
Range
Southern Oregon to Utah and southern Califonia. also found in northern Arizona.(1)
Season
Adults are normally found from June to September.(1)
Food
Larvae may be associated with vegetative detritus in rodent nests.(1)
See Also
Aglossa cuprina

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Achyra rantalis
Print References
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 24.48m; p. 184.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
University of California, Berkeley - large photo of pinned adult.
Moth Photographers Group - photo of pinned Aglossa cacamica adult and related species.
Lepidopterea of British Columbia pdf list
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
By Powell and Opler
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 July, 2009 - 3:58pm
Last updated 8 February, 2012 - 7:16pm

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