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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Glaphyriinae

cat. - Dicymolomia julianalis small black and yellow caterpillar - Evergestis pallidata Mustard caterpillar 092913 - Evergestis rimosalis Cross-striped Cabbageworm  - Evergestis rimosalis caterpillar on Brassica - Evergestis rimosalis Caterpillar on Virginia pepperweed - Eustixia pupula Caterpillar  - Evergestis rimosalis Caterpillar eating my kale - Evergestis rimosalis
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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 Glaphyriinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Evergestinae was synonymized with Glaphyriinae in Regier et al. (2012)(1)
Numbers
97 species in 27 genera in our area (1).
Print References
Solis, M. Alma, 2007. Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) (read online)
Munroe, Eugene, 1964. New Genera and Species of Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist 94 (10): 1261-1307
Internet References
List of FL moths including subfamilies here.
Solis, M. Alma (2007) Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) (read online)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.