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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) » Glaphyriinae » Lipocosmodes » Sooty Lipocosmodes - Hodges#4888 (Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis)

Species Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis - Sooty Lipocosmodes - Hodges#4888

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Glaphyriinae
Genus Lipocosmodes
Species fuliginosalis (Sooty Lipocosmodes - Hodges#4888)
Hodges Number
4888
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis (Fernald, 1888)
Lipocosma fuliginosalis Fernald, 1888
Numbers
The only species in this genus in North America.
Size
Fernald (1888) listed the wingspan 13-15 mm.
Identification
Adult: forewing white only in basal area and at apex, otherwise diffuse brownish-gray; PM line dark, largely obscured by dark shading.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Quebec to Florida(1), Illinois to Texas. (2)
Listed on the Oklahoma checklist. (3)
Fernald (1888) described the species from specimens collected in Maine, Ontario, and Illinois.
Season
Heppner (2003) reported January to November. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003)(2) and Beadle & Leckie (2012)(4) reported the host is unknown.
See Also
Glaphyria fulminalis forewing has similar pattern but AM and PM lines are pale, not dark.
Print References
Fernald, C.H. 1888. North American Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 4. p. 37.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
pinned adult images by John Glaser, plus locations, dates, distribution (Larry Line, Maryland)
distribution list of boundary states/provinces (Dalton State College, Georgia)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
4.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Butterflies of North America
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 June, 2007 - 10:41pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman
Last updated 3 November, 2018 - 2:18pm

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