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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) » Spilomelinae » Hydririni » Choristostigma » Choristostigma plumbosignalis - Hodges#5128 (Choristostigma plumbosignalis)

Species Choristostigma plumbosignalis - Hodges#5128

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Sulphur Pyralid, 1:25pm - Choristostigma plumbosignalis Choristostigma plumbosignalis Choristostigma plumbosignalis maybe - Choristostigma plumbosignalis Choristostigma plumbosignalis Choristostigma plumbosignalis Arizona Moth - Choristostigma plumbosignalis Tortricidae - Choristostigma plumbosignalis Choristostigma plumbosignalis
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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 Hydririni
Genus Choristostigma
Species plumbosignalis (Choristostigma plumbosignalis - Hodges#5128)
Hodges Number
5128
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Choristostigma plumbosignalis (Fernald, 1888)
Botis plumbosignalis Fernald, 1888
Phylogenetic sequence # 153450
Numbers
One of 7 species in this genus in North America
Size
Wingspan about 20-21 mm.
Identification
The original description as Botis plumbosignalis Fernald, is available online in the print references below.
Adult: forewing yellow with broad purplish-gray or silvery-gray (lead-colored) PM line shaped like a Y, with the top of the "Y" near or touching the costa; hindwing off-white with pale yellowish tint along outer margin.
Range
British Columbia and Alberta to Arizona and New Mexico, east to South Dakota. (1), (2), (3)
Habitat
grassland coulees, aspen parkland, and wooded areas in boreal forest and mountains; adults are nocturnal and come to light
Season
Adults appear to be most common from June to August.
Print References
Fernald, C.H. 1888. North American Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana. 4: 37.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, p. 178, pl. 23.22. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
pinned adult image by G. Anweiler, plus habitat, flight season, description, distribution (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.Survey of Utah Moth Species
2.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 August, 2008 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 8:54pm

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