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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) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Omiodes » Omiodes simialis - Hodges#5211 (Omiodes simialis)

Species Omiodes simialis - Hodges#5211

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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 Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Omiodes
Species simialis (Omiodes simialis - Hodges#5211)
Hodges Number
5211
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Omiodes simialis Guenée, 1854
Botys jasonalis Walker, 1859
Botys orontesalis Walker, 1859
Coenostola eruptalis Lederer, 1863
Size
Wingspan about 31 mm.
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida, West Indies to South America. (1)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults in March, May, August, October to December in Florida. (1)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant as Dalbergia ecastophyllum (Leguminosae). (1)
Remarks
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne
Print References
Druce, H. 1891. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2: 253.
Guenée, 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Spécies Général des Lépidoptères, 8: 357.
Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 357. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.
Lederer, J. 1863: Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. – Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7 (8, 10–12): 409, 479, pl. 15 fig. 1.
Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 18: 575-576, 614.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 June, 2013 - 10:23am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 5:12pm

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