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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Microcrambus » Microcrambus minor - Hodges#5422 (Microcrambus minor)

Species Microcrambus minor - Hodges#5422

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Microcrambus minor Crambidae: Microcrambus elegans - Microcrambus minor Pyraloidea ? - Microcrambus minor Microcrambus minor Microcrambus minor Microcrambus minor Minor Grass-Veneer (Microcrambus minor) - Microcrambus minor Microcrambus minor? - Microcrambus minor
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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)
Genus Microcrambus
Species minor (Microcrambus minor - Hodges#5422)
Hodges Number
5422
Explanation of Names
Author: Forbes, 1920
Size
Northern specimens forewing length: 6.3-7.0 mm. Southern specimens (Florida and Louisiana) forewing length: 5.1-6.0 mm. (1)
Print References
Klots, A. B., 1968. The North American Microcrambus (Lepidoptera: Pyralididae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 76:14
Internet References
Encyclopedia of Life
Moth Photographers Group
Butterflies and Moths of North America
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.The North American Microcrambus (Lepidoptera: Pyralididae)
A. B. Klots. 1968. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 76: 9-21.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2008 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, marcie oconnor
Last updated 9 February, 2019 - 8:20am

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