Species Sarabotys cupreicostalis - Hodges#4936.5

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Crambid - maybe Sarabotys cupreicostalis? - Sarabotys cupreicostalis

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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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Sarabotys

Species cupreicostalis (Sarabotys cupreicostalis - Hodges#4936.5)

Hodges Number

4936.5

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sarabotys cupreicostalis (Dyar, 1913)

Phlyctaenodes cupreicostalis Dyar, 1913

Size

Expanse: 21-27 mm.

Range

TL: Guadajalara, Jalisco, Mexico

Remarks

Sarabotys cupreicostalis is here reported for the first time in the United States from Arizona by MAS. Five specimens are deposited in the NMNH (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC): Babquivari Mts., Pima Co., 1–15 Sept. 1923 (2 specimens); Huachuca Mts., Aug. 16–23, Barnes Coll. (1 specimen); and Huachuca Mts., Miller Canyon, 5000’, Cochise Co., 18 July 1974, J. G. Franclemont (2 specimens) (1).

Print References

Capps, 1967. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561). 39-40; fig. 142 (2)

Dyar, 1913. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951): 318 (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae) Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.

3.	Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico Harrison G. Dyar. 1913. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 44: 279-324.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 1 March, 2016 - 8:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 26 November, 2018 - 3:29am

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