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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Sarata Series » Adelphia » Adelphia Moth - Hodges#5890 (Adelphia petrella)

Species Adelphia petrella - Adelphia Moth - Hodges#5890

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

pink and grey pyralid - Adelphia petrella

Adelphia Moth - Hodges#5890 - Adelphia petrella - female

Adelphia petrella - Adelphia Moth - Hodges#5890 - Adelphia petrella - male

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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 (Sarata Series)

Genus Adelphia

Species petrella (Adelphia Moth - Hodges#5890)

Hodges Number

5890

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Adelphia petrella (Zeller, 1846)

Pempelia petrella Zeller, 1846

Nephopteryx hapsella Hulst, 1887

Nephopteryx rubiginella Walker, 1863

Nephopteryx rufinalis Walker, 1863

Identification

See Heinrich (1956) in "Print References" below.

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 169 figs 411, 904 (genitalia).

Hulst, G.D. 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana. 3: 132. (Nephopteryx hapsella)

Hulst, G.D. 1890. The Phycitidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 17: 158. (E. petrella)

Ragonot, E. L. 1893. Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 7: 421-422; pl. 8, fig. 14

Walker, F. 1863 b: Crambites & Tortricites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 27: 55-57. (N. rubiginella &

N. rufinalis)

Zeller, P.C. 1846. Die knotenhornigen Phyciden nach ihren Arten beschrieben.Isis von Oken 1846 (10): 771.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

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

Moths of Maryland also has an image and some info.

South Carolina Moths Checklist lists A. petrella.

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 20 May, 2007 - 3:51pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 2:42pm

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