Species Pogonogenys proximalis - Hodges#4817

4817

Pogonogenys proximalis (Fernald, 1894)

Titanio proximalis Fernald, 1894

Expanse: 20-25 mm.

Head, thorax, upper side of abdomen, and fore wings dark brown, overlaid more or less with whitish scales. The outer crossline is represented by an ill-defined, dentate, dark brown line crossing the wing about halfway between the end of the cell and the outer border, and bent in below the cell. This line is margined imperfectly with cream white. Hind wings, orange red, with a narrow, terminal, dark brown border. Fringes of the same color as the border. Under side of all the wings orange red, with brown fringes, and an oblique brown streak on the cross-vein.

Records from California and Nevada.

A variety of this species has the hind wings orange yellow. It was taken on the Argus Mountains, California, April, 1891.

Type locality: USA, California, San Bernardino Co.

Fernald, C. H. 1894: Descriptions of Pyralidae from the Death Valley. – Insect Life. U.S. Department Agriculture, Washington D.C. 6: 255–257.

Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 32. (1)

Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults (2)

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)