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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) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Achyra » Achyra bifidalis - Hodges#4974 (Achyra bifidalis)

Species Achyra bifidalis - Hodges#4974

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Achyra

Species bifidalis (Achyra bifidalis - Hodges#4974)

Hodges Number

4974

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Achyra bifidalis (Fabricius, 1794)

Phalaena bifidalis Fabricius, 1794

Loxostege bifidalis

Phlyctaenodes inornatalis Walker, [1866]

Eurycreon evanidalis Berg, 1875

Eurycreon obsoletalis Berg, 1875

Loxostege stolidalis Schaus, 1940

* phylogenetic genetic sequence #149175

Explanation of Names

From Latin bifidus meaning "forked or cleft into two parts".

Size

Wingspan 20-24 mm (Capps, 1967).

Larva to 24-27 mm (Capps, 1967).

Range

Southern US from Arizona to Florida and south to South America. Capps states Alberta, Texas to Arizona.

Food

Larval hosts are cotton (Gossypium) and purslane (Portulaca) (Capps, 1967).

Remarks

Type Locality: "Americae Insulis".

See Also

Caterpillar similar to Achyra rantalis (photo).

Print References

Capps, H. W. 1967. Review of some species of Loxostege Hübner and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae). Proc. USNM 120(3561): 52 (1)

Munroe, E. 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2a, p.47, pl.3.20-25

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.22.36f, p.174 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photographs of pinned adults

Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - pinned photos.

Works Cited

1.	Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae) Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 August, 2009 - 11:17am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 March, 2015 - 3:16am

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