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Species Salebriaria pumilella - Hodges#5776

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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 pumilella (Salebriaria pumilella - Hodges#5776)
Hodges Number
5776
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Salebriaria pumilella (Ragonot, 1887)
Salebria pumilella Ragonot, 1887
Salebriaria georgiella (Hulst, 1895)
Numbers
There are 26 named species of the genus Salebriaria species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Heinrich (1956) listed a wingspan of 15-17 mm. (2)
Identification
Heinrich (1956) revised description can be viewed online from the print references. (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Florida(3) and Georgia to Arkansas and Texas. (4)
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to August. (1), (2), (5)
Heppner (2003) reported February to April in Florida. (4)
Food
Heinrich (1956) reported the host as unknown. (2)
Heppner (2003) reported the host as unknown. (4)
Neunzig (2003) reported Quercus virginiana (Live Oak) and possibly leaves of similar evergreen oaks. (5)
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 207: 117; figs. 325, 804. (2)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 70; pl. 3.7. (5)
Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. Grandremy et Hénon, Paris, p. 8.
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.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems