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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Siculodinae » Meskea » Window-winged Moth - Hodges#6085 (Meskea dyspteraria)

Species Meskea dyspteraria - Window-winged Moth - Hodges#6085

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Window-winged Moth - Hodges #6085 - Meskea dyspteraria Window-winged Moth - Hodges#6085 (Meskea dyspteraria) ? - Meskea dyspteraria Meskea dysteraria - Meskea dyspteraria Interesting moth. - Meskea dyspteraria window winged moth - Meskea dyspteraria Window winged moth - Meskea dyspteraria Marathyssa? - Meskea dyspteraria Window, winged moth - Meskea dyspteraria
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Thyridoidea (Window-winged Moths)
Family Thyrididae (Window-winged Moths)
Subfamily Siculodinae
Genus Meskea
Species dyspteraria (Window-winged Moth - Hodges#6085)
Hodges Number
6085
Explanation of Names
Meskea dyspteraria Grote, 1877
Numbers
Only one species in the genus for North America listed at nearctica.com
Size
wingspan about 38 mm.
Identification
Southeast United States at least from South Carolina to Florida and west to Texas.
(*incomplete range likely)
Range
AZ, TX, AL-FL-SC - Map (MPG)
Food
larvae feed on several Mallow sp.
Life Cycle
larvae bore into stems and form galls
Remarks
adults have interesting and distinctive resting position
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 17 May, 2007 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 November, 2020 - 5:42pm

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