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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Sciota Group » Tlascala » Tlascala Moth - Hodges#5808 (Tlascala reductella)

Species Tlascala reductella - Tlascala Moth - Hodges#5808

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
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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 Phycitini
No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)
No Taxon (Sciota Group)
Genus Tlascala
Species reductella (Tlascala Moth - Hodges#5808)
Hodges Number
5808
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
described in 1863 by Walker, who originally placed it in genus Nephopteryx
Size
wingspan about 20 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing banded with various colors in this order from base to tip: brownish, black, whitish, pale brownish-gray; two black discal spots in median area; subterminal line black, toothed, irregular; terminal line a series of black dashes; fringe pale brownish-gray; hindwing brownish-gray with pale fringe.

Mark Dreiling's
DNA supported specimen
Range
mostly eastern United States: Florida to Illinois and Kentucky, plus Ontario
Season
adults fly from April to August in Kentucky
Food
Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) and presumably other members of the genus.
Internet References
MPG
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 February, 2008 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, George Smiley, Blocky
Last updated 7 January, 2021 - 9:44pm

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