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Species Choristostigma roseopennalis - Hodges#5130

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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 Spilomelinae
Tribe Hydririni
Genus Choristostigma
Species roseopennalis (Choristostigma roseopennalis - Hodges#5130)
Hodges Number
5130
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Choristostigma roseopennalis (Hulst, 1886)
Botis roseopennalis Hulst, 1886
Numbers
There are 7 named species of Choristostigma in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 18 mm. (Hulst)
Identification
The original description as Botis roseopennalis Hulst, is available online in the print references below.
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults appear to be most common from May to September. (1)
Food
Larval host unknown.
See Also

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 13, p. (148)
Solis, M.A. 2007. Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). fig 1-T. (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera)
M. Alma Solis. 2007. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33 (1): 1-9.