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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Diptychophorini » Microcausta » Microcausta bipunctalis - Hodges#5457 (Microcausta bipunctalis)

Species Microcausta bipunctalis - Hodges#5457

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Diptychophorini
Genus Microcausta
Species bipunctalis (Microcausta bipunctalis - Hodges#5457)
Hodges Number
5457
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microcausta bipunctalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
Phylogenetic sequence #800825
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet bipunctalis from Latin meaning "two points," refering to the small spots on the forewings.
Size
Wingspan about 10 mm. (1)
Range
Known from southern Arizona. (1)
Print References
Barnes, Wm & J.H. McDunnough. 1914. Some new North American Pyraustinae. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America 2(6): 237, Pl.1, f.16
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 2 March, 2016 - 9:29pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 October, 2017 - 8:17am

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