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Species Megasis pullatella - Hodges#5866

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Sarata dophnerella - Megasis pullatella Sarata dophnerella - Megasis pullatella Sarata pullatella - Megasis pullatella - male Sarata pullatella - Megasis pullatella - male Sarata pullatella - Megasis pullatella - male Sarata pullatella - Megasis pullatella - male Sarata pullatella - Megasis pullatella - male Pyralidae: Megasis pullatella? - Megasis pullatella
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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 (Sarata Series)
Genus Megasis
Species pullatella (Megasis pullatella - Hodges#5866)

Hodges Number

5866

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Megasis pullatella Ragonot, 1887
Sarata pullatella (Ragonot, 1887)

Size

FW 13-18mm ♂

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

UT,WA,CA,AZ
Type locality: California.

Season

Feb-Apr

Food

unknown

Print References

Heinrich, 1956: 160. (1)
Neunzig, 2003: 212; pl. 10.20, 22-23. (2)
Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. Published by the author, Paris, 1-20. PDF

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by JoAnneRusso on 9 April, 2022 - 8:54am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 June, 2025 - 2:51pm

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