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Species Scoparia biplagialis - Double-striped Scoparia - Hodges#4716

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Scoparia biplagialis - Scoparia biplagialis Moth - Scoparia biplagialis Double-striped Scoparia Moth - Scoparia biplagialis Double-striped Scoparia - Scoparia biplagialis Scoparia biplagialis (Double-Striped Scoparia) - Scoparia biplagialis Double-striped Scoparia - Scoparia biplagialis Scoparia biplagialis Crambidae - Scoparia biplagialis
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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 Scopariinae
Genus Scoparia
Species biplagialis (Double-striped Scoparia - Hodges#4716)
Hodges Number
4716
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scoparia biplagialis Walker, 1866
Phylogenetic sequence #142475
Size
forewing length 6 - 8 mm (1)
Identification
Adult - varies from uniform brownish gray or pale gray to strongly marked with black transverse patches (1)
Range
from Newfoundland to South Carolina and across Canada and the northern United States (1)
Season
adults fly June to August (1); BG has specimens from April to October
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Maryland Biodiversity Project
Moths of North Carolina
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by tom murray on 28 July, 2005 - 8:30pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 10 February, 2022 - 3:15pm

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