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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 » Cactus-Feeding Group » Pricklypear Borer (Melitara) » Melitara junctolineella - Hodges#5972 (Melitara junctolineella)

Species Melitara junctolineella - Hodges#5972

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Mystery caterpillar II - Melitara junctolineella
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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 (Cactus-Feeding Group)
Genus Melitara (Pricklypear Borer)
Species junctolineella (Melitara junctolineella - Hodges#5972)

Hodges Number

5972

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melitara junctolineella Hulst, 1900

Identification

Among the largest of the Phycitini, may be mistaken for a noctuid.
Genitalia:

Range

Originally described from Colorado and Texas.

Print References

Heinrich, 1939: 344; pl. 24, fig. 3-3c (male gen.); pl. 36, figs. 42-42a (female gen.); 45, figs. 88-88a (palpi & antennae).
Hulst, 1900: 173. (1)
Mann, 1969: 38 (2)
Neunzig, 1997: 56; pl. 3, figs. 17-18 (spread adults); text fig. 25 (genitalia). (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.Some new genera and species of Phycitinae
Hulst, G.D. 1900. The Canadian Entomologist, 32 (6): 169–176.
2.Cactus-feeding insects and mites
John Mann. 1969. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 256: 1-158.
3.The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part)
H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 5 December, 2019 - 1:09pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 December, 2023 - 12:06pm

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