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Species Hypargyria slossonella - Hodges#5711

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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 Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Acrobasis Group)
Genus Hypargyria
Species slossonella (Hypargyria slossonella - Hodges#5711)
Hodges Number
5711
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypargyria slossonella (Hulst, 1900)
Salebria slossonella Hulst, 1900
Acrobasis tenuella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Identification
The original description as Salebria slossonella Hulst, is available online. (link in the print preferences below).
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Determined by Brian Scholtens.

Genitalia:
Range
Florida, Mexico. (1), (2)
Season
Heppner(2) reports adults from January to May, August, October to November in Florida.
Food
Larval host is Hippocratea volubilis L. (medicine vine). (3), (2)
Print References
Grimes, L.R., & H.H. Neunzig 1984. The larvae and pupae of three Phycitine species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) that occur in Florida. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86(2), pp. 411-421. (3), (170)
Internet References