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Species Callima argenticinctella - Orange-headed Epicallima - Hodges#1046

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Callima
Species argenticinctella (Orange-headed Epicallima - Hodges#1046)
Hodges Number
1046
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epicallima argenticinctella (Clemens, 1860)
Callima argenticinctella Clemens, 1860
Size
Wingspan: 10-13 mm.
Identification
Range
Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west to Kansas and Texas - Butterflies and Moths of North America
Season
The flight period appears to be April to October with the peak in July and August. (1), (2)
Food
Larva reared on corn plants; found under bark of elm trees.
See Also
Callima nathrax Hodges, 1974
Print References
Clemens, B. 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 166-167
Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc. p. 110; plate 7, figs. 10-11. (3)