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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 » Hahncappsia » Hahncappsia coloradensis - Hodges#4970 (Hahncappsia coloradensis)

Species Hahncappsia coloradensis - Hodges#4970

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hahncappsia sp.? - Hahncappsia coloradensis

Possible? Hahncappsia coloradensis - Hahncappsia coloradensis

Hahncappsia coloradensis - Hodges #4970 - Hahncappsia coloradensis

Moth to blacklight - Hahncappsia coloradensis

Hahncappsia coloradensis- - Hahncappsia coloradensis

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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

Genus Hahncappsia

Species coloradensis (Hahncappsia coloradensis - Hodges#4970)

Hodges Number

4970

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hahncappsia coloradensis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

Botys coloradensis Grote & Robinson, 1867

Size

Male wingspan: 23-31 mm (1)

Female wingspan: 27-31 mm (1)

Identification

See Capps (1967) (1)

Range

AZ, UT, CO, IO, KS, MS, OK, TX (1)

Season

June to August (2)

Food

Helianthus (sunflower).

See Also

Hahncappsia pergilvalis

Print References

Capps, H W. 1967. Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae: Pyrausinae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 25 (1)

Grote, A. R. & C. T. Robinson 1867: Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 1: 25

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae) Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 October, 2008 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, John Davis, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 6:03pm

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