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Species Bandera cupidinella - Hodges#6025

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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 Bandera
Species cupidinella (Bandera cupidinella - Hodges#6025)
Hodges Number
6025
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bandera cupidinella Hulst, 1888
Identification
The pale-yellow patch of scales at the base of the forewing near costa will separate cupidinella from other Bandera.(1)
Range
B. cupidinella has been less frequently collected than other Bandera. It is known only from Texas (October), New Mexico (September), and Colorado (September).(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (Part), Phycitinae (Part)
H H Neunzig. 1990. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.