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Species Lygropia plumbicostalis - Hodges#5249

Lygropia plumbicostalis  - Lygropia plumbicostalis yellow moth - Lygropia plumbicostalis
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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 Spilomelinae
Tribe Agroterini
Genus Lygropia
Species plumbicostalis (Lygropia plumbicostalis - Hodges#5249)
Hodges Number
5249
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lygropia plumbicostalis (Grote, 1871)
Botys plumbicostalis Grote, 1871
Range
AZ, TX, AL, FL (MPG & BG data)
Season
May-Sept (MPG & BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: Alabama
Print References
Grote, A. R. 1871: Descriptions of Lepidoptera from Alabama. – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 3: 103.