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Species Lineodes interrupta - Hodges#5108

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Plume Moth - Lineodes interrupta Lineodes interrupta - Hodges #5108 - Lineodes interrupta Lineodes interrupta Crambidae - Lineodes interrupta Lineodes interrupta? (moth) - Lineodes interrupta Lineodes interrupta Lineodes - Lineodes interrupta Interrupted Lineodes Moth - Lineodes interrupta
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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
Tribe Lineodini
Genus Lineodes
Species interrupta (Lineodes interrupta - Hodges#5108)

Hodges Number

5108

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lineodes interrupta (Zeller, 1873)
Scoptonoma interrupta Zeller, 1873

Explanation of Names

From Latin interrupta- "broken apart, interrupted". This apparently refers to the ribbon-like brown marking that starts on the inside edge of the forewing at its base and winds all the way down to just short of the far end in the other species described at the same time, Lineodes integra, but in this species is interrupted by other markings at its middle.

Numbers

One of 7 species in this genus in our area.

Range

south-central United States ?

Remarks

Type locality: USA, Texas

See Also

Lineodes fontella
Lineodes integra

Print References

Dyar, H. G. 1913: The Separation of Some Species of Lineodes. – Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington 1 (8): 94-96.
Zeller, P. C. 1873: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. – Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 329-330.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 August, 2007 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 8 October, 2018 - 9:15am

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