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Species Evergestis triangulalis - Hodges#4914

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Evergestis triangulalis Evergestis triangulalis Pyraustinae ? - Evergestis triangulalis Pyraustinae ? - Evergestis triangulalis Evergestis triangulalis Evergestis triangulalis Owlet moth ? - Evergestis triangulalis Owlet moth ? - Evergestis triangulalis
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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 Glaphyriinae
Genus Evergestis
Species triangulalis (Evergestis triangulalis - Hodges#4914)

Hodges Number

4914

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Evergestis triangulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914

Numbers

There are 19 named species of Evergestis in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan average 26-30 mm. (Barnes & McDunnough), (1)

Identification

Original description is online at link below. (Barnes & McDunnough)

Range

Nevada and Arizona to New Mexico. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Records from February through October. (1)

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough, 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. p. (229)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 September, 2009 - 12:22am
Last updated 4 December, 2013 - 1:32am

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