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Species Eudonia torniplagalis - Hodges#4726

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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 Eudonia
Species torniplagalis (Eudonia torniplagalis - Hodges#4726)
Hodges Number
4726
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: (Dyar, 1904)
Size
forewing length 8 - 12 mm (1)
Identification
Adults - antemedial line is angled strongly outward, and usually a whitish shade is enclosed by the ante- and postmedial lines (1)
Range
from South Dakota, the Rocky Mountains, mountains of the southwest, and British Columbia to southern California (1)
Season
adults fly July to August (1)
Internet References
Live and pinned images at Moth Photographers Group.
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.