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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Acrobasis Group » Anabasis » Cassia Webworm Moth - Hodges#5704 (Anabasis ochrodesma)

Species Anabasis ochrodesma - Cassia Webworm Moth - Hodges#5704

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

Hodges #5704 - Cassia Webworm Moth - Anabasis ochrodesma

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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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Acrobasis Group)

Genus Anabasis

Species ochrodesma (Cassia Webworm Moth - Hodges#5704)

Hodges Number

5704

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anabasis ochrodesma (Zeller, 1881)

Myelois ochrodesma Zeller, 1881

Acrobasis crassisquamella Hampson, 1901

Size

FWL: 5.0-7.0mm (1)

Identification

Anabasis ochrodesma, the sole representative of this genus, has a wing length of 5.0-7.0mm and forewing am. band with a well developed ridge of pale scales. The combination of small size and the ridge of pale scales should eliminate similar species. In addition to genitalia, the base of the antennae has characteristics, visible under high magnification, which can be used to diagnose male Anabasis (1).

Range

Central America and Florida north to South Carolina. (1)

Print References

Ragonot, E.L. & G.F. Hampson 1901. Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. In: Romanoff, N. M., Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 8: 520; pl. 51, fig. 15.

Neunzig, 1986:73; pl. 1.30-37 (1)

Zeller, P.C. 1881. Columbische Chiloniden, Crambiden und Phycideen. Horae Societatis entomologicae Rossicae. 16: 209; pl. 12, fig. 26.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 15.2 Pyralidae (Part) Phycitinae H. H. Neunzig. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 3 March, 2016 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 January, 2020 - 7:18am

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