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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) » Glaphyriinae » Glaphyria » White-roped Glaphyria - Hodges#4870 (Glaphyria sesquistrialis)

Species Glaphyria sesquistrialis - White-roped Glaphyria - Hodges#4870

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White-roped Glaphyria - Hodges#4870 - Glaphyria sesquistrialis Unidentified - Glaphyria sesquistrialis White-roped Glaphyria Moth - Glaphyria sesquistrialis Glaphyria sequistrialis ? - Glaphyria sesquistrialis Xanthophysa Moth? - Glaphyria sesquistrialis Please help us to identify this moth. - Glaphyria sesquistrialis White-roped Glaphyria - Glaphyria sesquistrialis White-roped Glaphyria Moth - Glaphyria sesquistrialis
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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 Glaphyria
Species sesquistrialis (White-roped Glaphyria - Hodges#4870)
Hodges Number
4870
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glaphyria sesquistrialis Hübner, 1823
Explanation of Names
The specific epithet has been misspelled by various authors going back over a century as "sequistrialis".
Numbers
There are six named species of the genus Glaphyria in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
wingspan about 15 mm, based on Jim Vargo specimen at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing yellowish with wavy white AM and PM lines bordered on both sides by dark gray; hindwing whitish or light gray with yellowish shading beyond jagged PM line.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Ontario to Florida(3), Illinois to Texas(4). (5)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported February to November. (5)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed Quercus virginiana Mill. (live oak) as the larval host. (5)
See Also
Glaphyria cappsi and fulminalis have a very large dark brown patch on forewing; G. glaphyralis has diffuse white shading throughout forewing and no distinct AM line; G. basiflavalis is smaller and has dark brown forewing with diffuse white patches
Print References
Forbes, W.T.M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. Memoir 68. 537 (key and descriptions) (6)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
live adult image (Claire Curry, Texas)
pinned adult image by John Glaser, plus flight season (Larry Line, Maryland)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
5.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
6.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2006 - 6:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould, Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 August, 2021 - 6:37pm

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