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Species Alpheioides parvulalis - Hodges#5649

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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 Galleriinae
Tribe Cacotherapiini
Genus Alpheioides
Species parvulalis (Alpheioides parvulalis - Hodges#5649)
Hodges Number
5649
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Alpheioides parvulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence #167800.
Numbers
The only Alpheioides species found in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan about 12 mm.
Identification
sexually dimorphic
Range
California to Texas and Oklahoma. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults are most common from April to September. (2)
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America. 1(5): 41-42; pl. 3, figs. 14. (3)