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Species Loxostege anartalis - Hodges#5010

Loxostege anartalis - Loxostege anartalis

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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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Loxostege

Species anartalis (Loxostege anartalis - Hodges#5010)

Hodges Number

5010

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Loxostege anartalis (Grote, 1877)

Botis lulualis Hulst, 1886

Eurycreon anartalis Grote, 1878

Pylogenetic Sequence # 801489

Size

The wingspan is ≈ 20–24mm (1)

Range

across Canada, south to northern CA (2)(3)

Season

Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July. (1)

Remarks

Subspecies: (1)

Loxostege anartalis anartalis (California)

Loxostege anartalis albertalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Manitoba west to the southern interior of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska)

Loxostege anartalis lulualis (Hulst, 1886) (California to Quebec)

Loxostege anartalis rainierensis Munroe, 1976 (Washington)

Loxostege anartalis saxicolalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Utah to Wyoming)

See Also

Loxostege quaestoralis has less contrast on the hind-wings.

Loxostege ephippialis

Pyrausta tuolumnalis

Internet References

Wikipedia

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Bob Biagi on 4 June, 2020 - 11:09pm

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