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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 » Eustixia » Spotted Peppergrass Moth - Hodges#4794 (Eustixia pupula)

Species Eustixia pupula - Spotted Peppergrass Moth - Hodges#4794

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Eustixia
Species pupula (Spotted Peppergrass Moth - Hodges#4794)
Hodges Number
4794
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eustixia pupula Hübner, 1823
placed in subfamily Odontiinae by Munroe, 1961
more recently placed in subfamily Glaphyriinae by Shaffer
Phylogenetic sequence # 144500
Numbers
The only species in this genus in North America. (1)
Identification
Adult: forewing white with several large squarish black spots well-spaced across wing, and smaller spots forming a broken subterminal line; hindwing white with a couple of black spots along outer margin.
Range
Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, north to Ontario. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Habitat
Fields, waste places; adults are attracted to light.
Season
Adults are most common from May to August, Texas flight usually begins in March.
Heppner (2003) reported adults from March to July, September in Florida. (8)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed Brassica oleracea L. (cabbage) and Lepidium virginicum L. (Virginia peppergrass). (8)
Life Cycle

Late instar caterpillar is green with dark red bands on each segment and a faint white subventral lateral line.
Print References
Hübner, 1823. Zutr. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 2: 24, pl. 57, figs. 327, 328.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
live and pinned adult images plus food plants (Larry Line, Maryland)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
pinned adult image (David Smith, Furman U., South Carolina)
distribution (Dalton State College, Georgia)
classification history showing placement in different subfamilies (Butterflies and Moths of the World)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
3.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
4.South Carolina Moth Species
5.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
6.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
7.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
8.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 August, 2005 - 6:48pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 6 June, 2022 - 8:22am

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