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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) » Spilomelinae » Diaphania » Pickleworm Moth - Hodges#5202 (Diaphania nitidalis)

Species Diaphania nitidalis - Pickleworm Moth - Hodges#5202

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Metallic Moth - Diaphania nitidalis Pickleworm moth - Diaphania nitidalis Hodges #5202 – Diaphania nitidalis – Pickleworm Moth - Diaphania nitidalis Moth with Hair-pencil in the lantana? - Diaphania nitidalis Pickleworm Moth - Hodges#5202 - Diaphania nitidalis Diaphania nitidalis? - Diaphania nitidalis Diaphania nitidalis Diaphania nitidalis
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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 Spilomelinae
Genus Diaphania
Species nitidalis (Pickleworm Moth - Hodges#5202)
Hodges Number
5202
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll, 1781)
Pyralis nitidalis Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include the eastern United States from Maine to Florida and Texas; West Indies: Mexico to Argentina. (1)
Remarks
A tropical moth. It survives winter only in southern FL and perhaps TX
Internet References
Florida Featured Creatures Factsheet
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 27 March, 2005 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 13 March, 2014 - 9:25pm

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