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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Sarata Series » Lipographis » Lipographis truncatella - Hodges#5888 (Lipographis truncatella)

Species Lipographis truncatella - Hodges#5888

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · 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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Sarata Series)
Genus Lipographis
Species truncatella (Lipographis truncatella - Hodges#5888)
Hodges Number
5888
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lipographis truncatella (Wright, 1916)
Hypochalcia truncatella Wright, 1916
Range
Type locality: San Diego; online records from coastal marshes in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Bay
Habitat
Salt marsh, based on photo records
Season
Adult records from 21 May to 19 July, mainly June
Food
Possibly Frankenia (sea heath)
Print References
Neunzig, H. H., 2003. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 217; pl. 8.21.(1)
Wright, W. S., 1916. Phycitinae of San Diego, California and vicinity, with descriptions of new species. Ent. News 27: 25–26.
Internet References
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Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 1 May, 2023 - 6:51pm

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