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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) » Odontiinae » Odontiini » Microtheoris » Whip-marked Snout Moth - Hodges#4795 (Microtheoris vibicalis)

Species Microtheoris vibicalis - Whip-marked Snout Moth - Hodges#4795

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
4795 - Microtheoris vibicalis Small Pink and White moth - Microtheoris vibicalis Microtheoris vibicalis? - Microtheoris vibicalis Tan moth with light brown stripes - Microtheoris vibicalis Moth to blacklight - Microtheoris vibicalis Moth, small - Microtheoris vibicalis rose white banded moth - Microtheoris vibicalis Whip-marked Snout Moth? - Microtheoris vibicalis
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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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Microtheoris
Species vibicalis (Whip-marked Snout Moth - Hodges#4795)
Hodges Number
4795
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microtheoris vibicalis (Zeller, 1873)
Botis vibicalis Zeller, 1873
* phylogenetic sequence #144525
Explanation of Names
vib, -ic is Latin for a whip mark (1)
Numbers
one of 2 species in this genus found in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
wingspan about 11 mm.
Identification
Adult: forewing white or cream-colored with broad maroon AM and PM lines; AM line oblique, almost parallel to costa; PM line parallel to outer margin; fringe and strip along inner margin maroon; hindwing gray with long fringe of hairlike scales
Range
Texas north to Kansas
Season
adults fly from March to September in Texas and starting about June in Kansas
Remarks
Type locality: [USA] Texas
See Also
color/pattern on forewing is unlikely to be confused with any other species
Print References
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (3)
Zeller, P. C. 1873: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. – Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 208, 209, pl. 3 fig. 4.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - on central Texas checklist.
presence in Oklahoma; PDF doc list (John Nelson, Oklahoma)
sighting dates plus locations in Oklahoma [search on species 'vibicalis'] (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)
type specimen locality [Dallas, Texas] (Harvard U., Connecticut)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 June, 2007 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 15 May, 2016 - 7:05pm

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