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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Acentropinae » Nymphulini » Parapoynx » Chestnut-marked Pondweed Moth - Hodges#4761 (Parapoynx badiusalis)

Species Parapoynx badiusalis - Chestnut-marked Pondweed Moth - Hodges#4761

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Acentropinae
Tribe Nymphulini
Genus Parapoynx
Species badiusalis (Chestnut-marked Pondweed Moth - Hodges#4761)
Hodges Number
4761
Other Common Names
Pondweed moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parapoynx badiusalis (Walker, 1859)
Nymphula badiusalis (Walker, 1859)
Cymoriza badiusalis Walker, 1859
Size
Wingspan about 20 mm.
Identification


Aberrant individuals:
Range
Beadle & Leckie (2012) reported southeastern Canada and eastern United States. (1)
Habitat
The larvae are found in vegetated ponds, marshes, lakeshores with emergent aquatic plants; adults on vegetation bordering these habitats.
Season
The main flight period is May to September.
Food
Habeck (1974) reported larvae reared on largeleaf pondweed, whitestem pondweed, Richardson pondweed, flatstem pondweed, and northern milfoil. Habeck mentions other hosts are likely. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
live adult image (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
Moths of North Dakota
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Caterpillars of Parapoynx in relation to aquatic plants in Florida - Hyacinth Control Journal
Dale H. Habeck. 1974. Florida Agri. Expt. Station Journal 12: 15-18.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 22 June, 2005 - 1:40pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd, Blocky
Last updated 3 March, 2022 - 12:03pm

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