Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudopyrausta marginalis Dyar, 1914
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Nacoleia marginalis (Dyar, 1914)
Identification
The original description of Pseudopyrausta marginalis Dyar, is available online in the print references below.
In 2009
Alma Solis determined this specimen as the first U.S. record of
Pseudopyrausta marginalis but an earlier Knudson & Bordelon 11/13/1980 unidentified specimen in the Texas Lepidoptera Survey collection has now been designated the first U.S. record. This Medina County specimen is also in the TLS collection.
Range
Recorded from Medina, Brewster, Terrel, Val Verde, and Hidalgo counties in Texas. (Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey)
11/13/1980 Texas
5/23/2002 Southeast Alaska.
6/4/2005 Quebec.
5/17/2009 Wisconsin
Season
Adults are most common from May to November.
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The larval host plant is unknown.
Remarks
Pseudopyrausta marginalis was first reported in the United States from Texas by Bordelon and Knudson (2010) in the 2009 Season Summary and discussed again in Bordelon and Knudson (2011)
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See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1914. Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal zone. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. p.
271.
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Hampson, G.F. 1898. A revision of the moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae. (Part 1). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
703.
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