Species Udea rubigalis - Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Tribe Spilomelini

Genus Udea

Species rubigalis (Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079)

Hodges Number

5079

Other Common Names

Greenhouse Leaftier

Explanation of Names

rubi, -g is Latin for red, reddish (1)

Numbers

23 spp in genus per Arnett (1985) (2)

Range

Throughout Canada & US, plus Central and South America (North Carolina State U.)

Food

The caterpillars eat beans, beets, celery, and spinach - Ohio State Univ.

Internet References

5079 - Celery Leaftier Moth - Udea rubigalis - Moth Photo Group

description & biology (North Carolina State U.)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 January, 2005 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 4:37pm

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