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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 » Steniini » Penestola » Black Penestola Moth - Hodges#5179 (Penestola bufalis)

Species Penestola bufalis - Black Penestola Moth - Hodges#5179

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black Penestola Moth - Penestola bufalis

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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 Steniini

Genus Penestola

Species bufalis (Black Penestola Moth - Hodges#5179)

Hodges Number

5179

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Penestola bufalis (Guenée, 1854)

Stenia bufalis Guenée, 1854

Numbers

One of two species in this genus in our area.

Size

wingspan about 20 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing dark brown to brownish-gray with indistinct lines showing little contrast against ground color; dense speckling may give a smudged appearance; PM line jagged, irregular, with deep notch in middle, and large tooth near costa; hindwing similarly colored and with no prominent markings

Range

neotropical: South America, Galapagos Islands, Florida, Antilles

Remarks

page creation based on Brian Scholtens' identification of this image, as reported by Bob Patterson

See Also

Penestola simplicialis

most similar to Dusky Herpetogramma (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis) whose forewing PM line lacks a large tooth near the costa (see photos at MPG)

Crocidocnemis pellucidalis is similar but has white on hindwing (compare this and other species by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Print References

Guenée, M. A. 1854, Deltoïdes et Pyralites. - In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, [i]Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. 8(8): 245

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

distribution and type specimen locality (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 April, 2007 - 10:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Jeff Hollenbeck, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 4:34pm

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