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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)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Fifty new species; notes on the genus Alpheias
Barnes W., McDunnough J. H. 1912. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 1(5): 1-44.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 6 January, 2010 - 3:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 January, 2017 - 3:21pm

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