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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Epipaschiinae » Pococera » White-aproned Pococera Moth - Hodges#5596 (Pococera scortealis)

Species Pococera scortealis - White-aproned Pococera Moth - Hodges#5596

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
5596 White-aproned Pococera - Pococera scortealis - female Lespedeza Webworm Moth, 5596 - Pococera scortealis Pococera scortealis - male Pococera scortealis - male Pococera scortealis - male Pococera scortealis - male Pococera scortealis Pococera scortealis
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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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Epipaschiinae
Genus Pococera
Species scortealis (White-aproned Pococera Moth - Hodges#5596)
Hodges Number
5596
Other Common Names
Lespedeza Webworm Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pococera scortealis (Lederer, 1863)
Hemimatia scortealis Lederer, 1863
Benta slossonii Hulst, 1895
Phylogenetic Sequence # 800123
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Range
south-eastern USA (1)(2)
Print References
Lederer, 1863: 347, pl. 7 fig. 12 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen
Lederer, J. 1863. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7(8, 10–12): 243–280, 331–504, pls 2–18.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 August, 2009 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 September, 2020 - 10:04am

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