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Species Itaballia demophile - Cross-barred White - Hodges#4189.5

Cross-barred White - Itaballia demophile

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)

Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)

Tribe Pierini (Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses)

Genus Itaballia

Species demophile (Cross-barred White - Hodges#4189.5)

Hodges Number

4189.5

Other Common Names

Black-banded White - BOA

Explanation of Names

Itaballia demophile (Linnaeus, 1763)

Range

southmost TX (one-time stray) to Panama

Remarks

First U.S. Record: National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX, December 7, 2004 (Jeffrey Glassberg, David Hanson, & m. ob.)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA-South Texas - NABA

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 December, 2017 - 7:44pm
Last updated 22 January, 2024 - 5:30pm

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