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Species Pima albocostalis - Hodges#5750

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Crambid of some kind? - Pima albocostalis Crambid of some kind? - Pima albocostalis is there enough to get an ID for this little thing? - Pima albocostalis Crambid of some kind? - Pima albocostalis
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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 (Pima Series)
Genus Pima
Species albocostalis (Pima albocostalis - Hodges#5750)

Hodges Number

5750

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pima albocostalis (Hulst, 1886)
Ephestia albocostalis Hulst, 1886
Ephestia albocostalialis Hulst, 1886 (misspelling)
Epischnia subcostella Ragonot, 1887

Phylogenetic Sequence # 800284

Explanation of Names

Pima albocostalis (Hulst, 1886) was originally misspelled as albocostalialis in Hulst (1886) p. 164 but the spelling was corrected in the same work on p. xxiv so the corrections stands.

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA testing:

Range

western (AB, BC, CA, CO, UT) (1)

See Also

Pima fosterella


Pima occidentalis

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 13: 164; xxiv (errata ).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Wikipedia
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 17 September, 2019 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 13 September, 2021 - 3:21pm

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