Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Loxostege floridalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Range
USA: FL, TX, NM.
Type locality: Everglade, FL.
Food
Larbal host is Carolina desert-thorn (
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum).
Remarks
The four specimens from FL and three from TX and NM in the BOLD BIN for this species (
BOLD:AAH5264) form two narrowly divergent clades (~0.5%). The one specimen from NM was identified by Munroe.
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2(4): 173, pl. 2, fig. 3.
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Heppner, J.B., 1975. Biological notes on Loxostege floridalis (Pyralidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 29(4):
236-242.
Munroe, E., 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2a, p. 61; pl. 4.73-74.
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