Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conchylodes octonalis (Zeller, 1873)
Orobena octonalis Zeller, 1873
Botis [sic] sexmaculalis Grote, 1876
Explanation of Names
Conchylodes octonalis (Zeller, 1873) was transfered from the genus Lygropia in Mally et al. (2019: 168).
octonalis: the "octo" probably refers to the 8 short bars on the forewings, and is the origin of the suggested common name Eight-barred Conchylodes, formerly Eight-barred Lygropia.
Size
forewing length 7.5-8.5 mm
(1)Identification
Adult: forewing white to pale yellow with four brownish-orange bars along costa; bars connect via fine wavy lines to small markings along inner margin; upper half of fringe dark-scaled, lower half pale-scaled; hindwing white; legs white with thick brown bands; top of head and body white, with orange markings on thorax and abdomen
Range
central and southern California to Texas
(1)
east to Iowa, Illinois and Georgia (
MPG)
Habitat
found in low-elevation, arid habitats
(1)Season
adults fly from late March to October
(1)Food
larvae have been reared on
Heliotropium curassivicum(1)
Onosmodium molle (
MJ Hatfield)
Life Cycle
Life Cycle images:
larva, larva in leaf shelter, cocoon, adult
Remarks
the holotype, a male, was collected in Dallas, Texas
Print References
Grote, A. R. 1876: New Pyralides. – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 8 (5/8): 98.
Mally, R., J.E. Hayden, C. Neinhuis, B.H. Jordal & M. Nuss, 2019. The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 77(1):
141–204.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America,
p. 180, pl. 23.40(1)
Zeller, P. C. 1873: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. – Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 211, 212, pl. 3 fig. 7.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequence
presence in California 12 specimen records, including dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)