Species Phostria oajacalis - Hodges#5266

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phostria oajacalis - Hodges#5266 - Phostria oajacalis

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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 Spilomelinae

Tribe Agroterini

Genus Phostria

Species oajacalis (Phostria oajacalis - Hodges#5266)

Hodges Number

5266

Explanation of Names

Phostria oajacalis (Walker, 1866)

Botys oajacalis Walker, 1866

Botys pelialis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Identification

Male: Ochraceous, stout. Body beneath and legs white. Palpi fawn-colour, erect, not rising so high as the vertex; second joint fringed; third conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen lanceolate, extending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of moderate size. Legs cupreous-brown; tarsi and posterior tibiae white. Wings long, rather broad, brown, with aeneous and purple reflections; a large white semihyaline black-bordered patch in the disk, much excavated in front ; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute; a white semihyaline black-bordered spot in the disk near the base; costa and interior border ochraceous; exterior border straight, very oblique.

Remarks

Type locality: Mexico, Oajaca

Print References

Felder, C., R. Felder & A. F. Rogenhofer 1875: Heterocera. Pp. 1–20, pl. 135 fig. 46. – In: Felder, C., R. Felder & A. F. Rogenhofer, Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. 2 (2): Lepidoptera. Heft 5 (Schluss). – Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien.

Walker, F. 1866 a: Supplement 4. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 34: 1393-1394.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults (1)

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 1 March, 2016 - 9:53pm
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 4:27pm

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