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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 » Salebriaria Group » Salebriaria » Salebriaria tenebrosella - Hodges#5775 (Salebriaria tenebrosella)

Species Salebriaria tenebrosella - Hodges#5775

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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)
No Taxon (Salebriaria Group)
Genus Salebriaria
Species tenebrosella (Salebriaria tenebrosella - Hodges#5775)
Hodges Number
5775
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Salebriaria tenebrosella (Hulst, 1887)
Nephopterix tenebrosella Hulst 1887
Nephopterix quercicolella
Numbers
There are 26 named Salebriaria species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Heinrich (1956) listed the wingspan as 17-18 mm. (2)
Range
Eastern North America. (1), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Heppner (2003) listed the range as Massachusetts to Florida, Illinois to Texas. (7)
There are records to Ontario. (8)
Season
Adults are most common from May to August.
Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida from March to April. (7)
Food
The larval host plants include Quercus spp.
Quercus alba (White oak),
Quercus stellata (post oak).
Quercus margaretta (scrubby post oak).
Quercus macrocarpa (burr oak).
Life Cycle
The larvae are leaf tiers. (2)
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 207: 117, figs. 801, 803. (2)
Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 131.
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 62; pl. 2.16-17. (9)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
3.South Carolina Moth Species
4.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
5.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
6.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
7.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
8.Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera
J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.
9.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
10.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 July, 2013 - 11:09pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 December, 2023 - 5:57am

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