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Species Anania hortulata - Small Magpie - Hodges#4952

Representative Images

Hop Looper - Anania hortulata
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Pyraustinae
Tribe Pyraustini
Genus Anania
Species hortulata (Small Magpie - Hodges#4952)

Hodges Number

4952

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eurrhypara hortulata Linnaeus, 1758
E. urticata

Size

Wingspan 24-28 mm

Identification

Adult has yellowish body parts and black-and-white patterned wings

Range

Native to Eurasia
North American distribution seems patchy and not well known (as of May 2013, BugGuide has photos from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia).

Habitat

Overgrown weedy areas and wood edges

Season

Adults normally fly from May to August

Food

Larvae feed mainly on nettle (Urtica spp.), but mint (Mentha spp.) and bindweed (Convolvulus spp.) are also used

Print References

Munroe, E., 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2a, p. 29; pl. 1.72-73.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(2)
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems(3)

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico - Fascicle 13.2a - Pyralidae: Pyraustinae
Eugene Munroe. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 February, 2005 - 12:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Jason D. Roberts, John Davis, Maury Heiman, Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy, metrioptera
Last updated 14 July, 2018 - 11:46am

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