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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Ancylolomiini » Mesolia » Mesolia huachucaella - Hodges#5330 (Mesolia huachucaella)

Species Mesolia huachucaella - Hodges#5330

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mesolia huachucaella Crambid Snout Moth - Mesolia huachucaella Arizona Moth - Mesolia huachucaella Arizona Moth - Mesolia huachucaella Arizona Moth - Mesolia huachucaella Genus Prionapteryx? Mesolia? - Mesolia huachucaella Genus Prionapteryx? Mesolia? - Mesolia huachucaella Genus Prionapteryx? Mesolia? - Mesolia huachucaella
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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Ancylolomiini
Genus Mesolia
Species huachucaella (Mesolia huachucaella - Hodges#5330)
Hodges Number
5330
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mesolia huachucaella Kearfott, 1908
Phylogenetic sequence #158950
Size
WS ≈ 15-20mm (1)
Identification
"This species is unlike any of our Mesolia-Prionapteryx group in the decided grayer hue of the fore wings; all the other species have a superficially ochreous or ochreous-brown tinge, and it can be easily separated by this character..." - Kearfott, 1908.
Range
Adults are on wing from July to August (1)
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (2)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1908: Descriptions of new species of North American crambid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 35 (1649): 374.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Wikipedia (1)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 1 January, 2016 - 8:55am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 April, 2022 - 5:40am

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