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Species Steniodes declivalis - Hodges#5178.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Steniodes
Species declivalis (Steniodes declivalis - Hodges#5178.1)
Hodges Number
5178.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Steniodes declivalis (Dyar, 1914)
Stenia declivalis Dyar, 1914
Identification
Separating Steniodes declivalis and S. mendica is still problematic in our current state of knowledge. Range may help but these are incompletely known.
Range
Texas and south (1)
Remarks
Accepted as a tentative addition at MPG (2) based on barcoded specimen collected by Ann Hendrickson:
Print References
Dyar, 1914: 285-286. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone
Harrison Gray Dyar. 1914. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 139-350.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 18 January, 2019 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton
Last updated 20 July, 2021 - 5:04pm

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