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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) » Glaphyriinae » Glaphyria

Genus Glaphyria

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References
Small Moth - Glaphyria fulminalis White-roped Glaphyria Moth - Hodges #4870 - Glaphyria sesquistrialis White-roped Glaphyria - Hodges #4870 (Glaphyria sequistrialis)IMG_7487 - Glaphyria sesquistrialis Glaphyria glaphyralis Glaphyria? - Glaphyria fulminalis Glaphyria sequistrialis - Glaphyria sesquistrialis G. cappsi - Glaphyria cappsi Moth - Glaphyria glaphyralis
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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
Genus Glaphyria
Numbers
6 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
wingspan 10-15 mm, based on five specimens by Jim Vargo at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing yellowish (with very large dark brown patch in 2 species, wavy white lines in G. sequistrialis, and white shading in G. glaphyralis) or dark brown with diffuse white patches (in G. basiflavalis)
hindwing light gray with diffuse yellow or brown patch
Range
New England to Florida, west to Texas, north to Michigan and Ontario
Internet References
pinned adult images of 5 species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 July, 2005 - 6:21pm
Last updated 20 April, 2006 - 6:25pm

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