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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Acentropinae » Nymphulini » Nymphuliella » China Mark Moth - Hodges#4753 (Nymphuliella daeckealis)

Species Nymphuliella daeckealis - China Mark Moth - Hodges#4753

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · 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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Acentropinae
Tribe Nymphulini
Genus Nymphuliella
Species daeckealis (China Mark Moth - Hodges#4753)
Hodges Number
4753
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nymphuliella daeckealis (Haimbach, 1915)
Diathrausta daeckealis Haimbach, 1915 (1)
Nymphula broweri Heinrich, 1940 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of German-born entomologist Von Adolf Erich Daecke who collected the type specimen.
Numbers
Nymphuliella daeckealis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wingspan 10-12 mm. (2)
Identification
The original description as Nymphula broweri Heinrich, is available in the print references below.
Range
NJ to ME(4)
Given by Heppner as follows: e. U.S.: NJ-FL/OH?-TX(5)
Type locality: Brown's Mills Junction, New Jersey, VI 22 1907 (Mr. E. Daecke).
Food
Unknown but thought to be Cladopodiella fluitans
See Also
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Haimbach, F., 1915. New Heterocera (Lep.). Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 322. (1)
Heinrich, C. 1940. Some new American pyralidoid moths. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 42(2): 37, pl.6-7; figs.3-3b, 10. (6), (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Frank Haimbach (1859-1930)
Works Cited
1.New Heterocera (Lep.).
Frank Haimbach. 1915. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 321-325.
2.Some new American pyralidoid moths
Carl Heinrich. 1940. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 42(2): 31-41 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1A. Scopariinae, Nymphulinae
Eugene Munroe. 1972. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.
Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.
6.Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington- Journal available for free at Internet Archive
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 March, 2010 - 8:10pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 18 January, 2022 - 7:25am

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