Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Argyractis drumalis (Dyar, 1906)
(1)
Elophila drumalis Dyar, 1906
Petrophila drumalis (Dyar, 1906)
Phylogenetic sequence # 800746
Explanation of Names
Named for the type location of Fort Drum, Florida.
Argyractis drumalis (Dyar, 1906) was formerly in the genus Petrophila (Habeck D.H. & M.A. Solis, 1994).
Size
Forewing length less than 5 mm.
(2)Range
Moth Photographers Group has a record submitted by Bob Patterson from Maryland. (accidental import or error?)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
February, May to November.
(1)Food
Aquatic larvae feed on the roots of
water lettuce (
Pistia stratiotes) and species of
waterlily (
Nymphaea)
(4)See Also
Compare with other related genera of the
Argyractini which share the characters of subapical white rays on the FW and marginal eyespots on the HWs.
Compare to others on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1906. The North American Nymphulinae and Scopariinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 14(2):
92
Habeck D.H. & M.A. Solis, 1994. Transfer of Petrophila drumalis (Dyar) to Argyractis based on immature and adult characters with a larval description of Argyractis subornata (Hampson) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Nymphulinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington 96:
726–734.