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Species Carectocultus perstrialis - Reed-boring Crambid Moth - Hodges#5307

Reed-boring Crambid Moth - Carectocultus perstrialis Reed-boring Crambid Moth - Hodges#5307  - Carectocultus perstrialis Carectocultus perstrialis Possible Reed Boring Crambid? - Carectocultus perstrialis Need ID help with this really cool moth... attracted to mercury vapor bulb last night.  Palpita of some sort, maybe?   - Carectocultus perstrialis - male Melanistic crambine - Carectocultus perstrialis Florida Moth - Carectocultus perstrialis Carectocultus perstrialis
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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 Schoenobiinae
Genus Carectocultus
Species perstrialis (Reed-boring Crambid Moth - Hodges#5307)
Hodges Number
5307
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carectocultus perstrialis (Hübner, 1825)
syn. Carectocultus repugnatalis [#5308]
Identification

Range
Mississippi to Florida and north to Ohio and Nova Scotia.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.