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Subfamily Phycitinae

Moth - Peoria tetradella Moodna moth? - Moodna ostrinella 5896 - Elasmopalpus lignosella Locust Leafroller Moth - Sciota subcaesiella 9047833 MOTH - Sciota celtidella Moth - Dioryctria white-banded black moth Homoeosoma electella - Homoeosoma electellum
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anerastiinae, Hypsotropinae, Peoriinae
Explanation of Names
Phycitinae Ragonot 1885
Numbers
539 species in 155 genera in our area(1)
Food
The larvae are leaf rollers and borers in various parts of plants, although a few are known to be predators of Homoptera (e.g., Laetilia). Cactoblastis cactorum, the Opuntia biocontrol agent in various countries, in recent years has become invasive in the US (Solis et al. 2004).
Remarks
includes many stored product pests, including Plodia, Cadra, Ectomyelois, and Etiella
Print References
(2)(3)(4)(5)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
2.The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American Pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae
Carl Heinrich. 1939. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3053): 331-413.
3.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
4.Phylogeny of the cactus-feeding Phycitines and their relatives (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) based on .....
Thomas J. Simonsen . 2008. Insect Systems Evolution 39:3.
5.Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera)
M. Alma Solis. 2007. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33 (1): 1-9.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 March, 2005 - 9:21am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 7:16am

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