Species Prionapteryx indentella - Hodges#5327

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

Prionapteryx sp.? - Prionapteryx indentella - male

Surattha indentella - Prionapteryx indentella - male

Crambid Moth sp? - Prionapteryx indentella - male

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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 Prionapteryx

Species indentella (Prionapteryx indentella - Hodges#5327)

Hodges Number

5327

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prionapteryx indentella (Kearfott, 1908)

This species was formerly in the genus Surattha (Hayden & Scholtens in Pohl & Nanz 2023)

Remarks

Antennae bipectinate in males, filiform in females (Sorensen & Thompson, 1979)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1908. Descriptions of new species of North American crambid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington. 35 (1649): 371.

Landry, B. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of the major lineages of the Crambinae and of the genera of Crambini of North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs on Entomology International, Gainesville 1: 1–242. (original thesis here)

Sorensen, K.A., and Hugh E. Thompson. 1979. Life History of the Buffalograss Webworm Surattha indentella Kearfott, in Kansas (Lepidoptera: Pyralida). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 52(2):282-296.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (Prionapteryx indentella) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (Surattha indentella) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 2 March, 2016 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton, Blocky
Last updated 6 December, 2023 - 1:21am

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