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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) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Palpita » Kimball's Palpita Moth - Hodges#5219 (Palpita kimballi)

Species Palpita kimballi - Kimball's Palpita Moth - Hodges#5219

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ding Darling caterpillar on Forestiera segregata D3397 2021 1.1 - Palpita kimballi Ding Darling caterpillar on Forestiera segregata D3397 adult 2022 1 - Palpita kimballi Ding Darling caterpillar on Forestiera segregata D3397 adult 2022 4 - Palpita kimballi Ding Darling caterpillar on Forestiera segregata D3397 pupa 2022 10 - Palpita kimballi
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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
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Palpita
Species kimballi (Kimball's Palpita Moth - Hodges#5219)
Hodges Number
5219
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Palpita kimballi Munroe, 1959
* phylogenetic sequence #801318
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Charles P. Kimball (1897-1982), 1965 author of The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. (1)
Numbers
One of 12 species in this genus in North America
Size
WS ≈ 29 mm (guide photo)
TL ≈ 14-15mm (2)
Identification
Adult: Semi-translucent satin white FW, with narrow orange streak along costa (2)
Range
FL and coastal GA.
Remarks
Type locality: USA, Florida, Englewood
See Also
See Hayden et al. (2017). (3)
Diaphania costata , introduced species found in Southeast

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Palpita quadristigmalis
Print References
Munroe, E. G. 1959 g: New species and new subspecies of Palpita (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 91 (10): 641, fig. 1.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.
Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.
2.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
3.Diaphania costata (F.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae), a Commonly Misidentified Pest of Ornamental Apocynaceae...
Hayden, J.E., E.R. Hoebeke, M.A. Bertone & V.A. Brou Jr. 2017. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington,119(2):173-190.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 January, 2008 - 9:51pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Matt Bertone, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 8 August, 2017 - 5:56am

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