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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 » Herpetogrammatini » Herpetogramma » Herpetogramma theseusalis - Hodges#5279 (Herpetogramma theseusalis)

Species Herpetogramma theseusalis - Hodges#5279

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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 Herpetogrammatini
Genus Herpetogramma
Species theseusalis (Herpetogramma theseusalis - Hodges#5279)
Hodges Number
5279
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Herpetogramma theseusalis (Walker, 1859)
Botys theseusalis Walker, 1859
Botis [sic] feudalis Grote, 1875
Identification
"Pattern lines prominent, in contrast to basal color; forewing greater than 10 mm in length; postmedial line straight between M2 and costa" (Solis, 2010) (1)
Food
Lorinsera areolata, Woodwardia virginica (T.Feldman)
See Also
Omiodes indicata has out half of forewing pm. line outwardly convex and hindwing transverse line lacks medal bulge. (Observations based on comparing pinned images - Steve Nanz)
Print References
Grote, A. R. 1875 a: North American Pyralides. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Science. 2: 231. (Botis feudalis)
Forbes, 1923. p. 561 (2)
Solis, 2010. p. 462 (1)
Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 18: 562.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.North American Herpetogramma (Lederer), 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): type specimens and ...
M. Alma Solis. 2010. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(3): 451-463.
2.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 31 August, 2007 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 19 February, 2022 - 9:06am

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