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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) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Loxostege » Loxostege albiceralis - Hodges#4993 (Loxostege albiceralis)

Species Loxostege albiceralis - Hodges#4993

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth#2016-03 Snout Moth - Loxostege albiceralis

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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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Loxostege

Species albiceralis (Loxostege albiceralis - Hodges#4993)

Hodges Number

4993

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Loxostege albiceralis (Grote(1), 1878)

Botis albiceralis Grote, 1878

Size

Forewing length 13-18 mm.(2)

Range

Southern California and Nevada to Texas. (2)

Habitat

Arid areas and deserts.(2)

Food

Larvae in Texas have been reared on Lycium carolinianum (wolfberry). (3), (2)

Other Lycium are likely hosts where carolinianum does not occur.

Life Cycle

Hepner (1975) has notes on Loxostege floridalis, formerly a subspecies of albiceralis. (3)

Print References

Allred, D.M., 1969. Notes. Lepidoptera at the Nevada test site. The Great Basin Naturalist 29(1): 42.

Grote(1), A.R. 1874. Preliminary studies on the North American Pyralidae. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(3): 678.

Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2a. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 61; pl. 4, figs. 69-72. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A., Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 22, fig. 41; p. 175. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Biological notes on Loxostege floridalis (Pyralidae) John B. Heppner. 1975. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 29(4): 236-243.

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico - Fascicle 13.2a - Pyralidae: Pyraustinae Eugene Munroe. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 29 August, 2008 - 10:25pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 4:20pm

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