sordidellus group

Classification · Identification · Remarks

Donacaula sordidella - Donacaula sordidellus - male

Crambidae: Unknown Donacaula - Donacaula n-sp-eight - male

Crambidae - Donacaula - Donacaula - female

Crambidae - Donacaula - Donacaula n-sp-eight

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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 Schoenobiinae

Genus Donacaula

No Taxon sordidellus group

Identification

PM line distinctive among all known Donacaula spp. Wingspan is 25-45 mm in sordidellus and 32-58 mm in maximellus.

Remarks

Donacaula sordidellus and D. maximellus resolved as sister taxa in a phylogenetic analysis of Schoenobiinae performed through BOLD. An undescribed species treated in the Martínez revision likely also belongs in this group, but it has not been barcoded yet. I (ASH) believe this grouping of species is most likely monophyletic based on informal analysis. This is not a recognized group in any published research; I have created this page primarily to house images I'm not yet sure how to identify to species.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 19 September, 2020 - 11:08pm
Last updated 5 December, 2020 - 6:33pm

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