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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 » Euzophera Series » Euzophera » Magnolia Borer Moth - Hodges#5996 (Euzophera magnolialis)

Species Euzophera magnolialis - Magnolia Borer Moth - Hodges#5996

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (Euzophera Series)
Genus Euzophera
Species magnolialis (Magnolia Borer Moth - Hodges#5996)
Hodges Number
5996
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euzophera magnolialis Capps, 1964
Size
Wingspan (F): 25mm(1)
Range
FL, GA, LA, NC (1)
Food
Host plant: Magnolia grandiflora(1)
Remarks
Attacks occur at the base, the larvae tunnel in the lower inches of the trunk, sometimes in the larger roots.(2)
See Also
Euzophera ostricolorella is larger with wings less narrow and transverse lines less sharply defined, less gray in basal area(1)
Print References
Capps, H.W., 1964. Description of a new species of Euzophora Zeller attacking magnolias and note on two related species. (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae). Florida Entomologist. 47(1):49-53(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Description of a new species of Euzophora Zeller attacking magnolias and note on two related species. (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae)
Hahn W. Capps. 1964. Florida Entomologist.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 8 October, 2015 - 10:07am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 3:36pm

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