Species Peoria tetradella - Hodges#6044

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

white-streaked grass-veneer - Peoria tetradella

#6044 – Peoria tetradella - Peoria tetradella

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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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Peoriini

Genus Peoria

Species tetradella (Peoria tetradella - Hodges#6044)

Hodges Number

6044

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

described in 1872 by Zeller, who originally placed it in genus Anerastia

Size

wingspan about 18 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing light brownish-gray with speckled whitish strip along length of costa; strip has 3 or 4 dark diagonal streaks in distal half; cubital vein (in center of wing) covered with white scales; other veins in distal half of wing also white; intervenular spaces edged with black; hindwing light gray with white fringe

Range

several scattered records found on Internet from Texas, California, Colorado, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina/Tennessee), Iowa, Illinois, Ontario

Season

adults fly from May to September in Iowa; Internet records from September and October in California

See Also

Thaumatopsis magnificus forewing is dull yellowish with wider white stripes (see image by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Other species in tribe Peoriini have different color and pattern on forewing (compare images of several related species/genera on MPG)

Print References

Shaffer, 1968. A revision of the Peoriinae and Anerastiinae (Auctorum) of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin - United States National Museum. 280:16 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	A Revision of the Peoriini and Anerastiinae (Auctorum) of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Jay C. Shaffer. 1968. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 280: .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January, 2008 - 6:59pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 March, 2022 - 1:34pm

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