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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Pyla » Pyla aequivoca - Hodges#5824 (Pyla aequivoca)

Species Pyla aequivoca - Hodges#5824

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pyla aequivoca - Hodges #5824 - Pyla aequivoca
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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 (Nephopteryx Series)
Genus Pyla
Species aequivoca (Pyla aequivoca - Hodges#5824)
Hodges Number
5824
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyla aequivoca Heinrich, 1956
Size
Wingspan 25-29 mm. (1)
Identification
Original description online: (143)
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Determined Chuck Harp.
Range
Type locality: Canada: Alberta, Banff.
Food
Larval host plant is unknown. (2)
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1956. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. no. 207. p. (143).
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 145; pl. 5.11-12. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Review of the North American gray Pyla (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) with description of a ...
John H. Wilterding III, George J. Balogh. 2002. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 485-504.
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 March, 2013 - 6:23pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:48pm

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