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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) » Spilomelinae » Nomophilini » Diathrausta » Diathrausta harlequinalis - Hodges#5175 (Diathrausta harlequinalis)

Species Diathrausta harlequinalis - Hodges#5175

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
5175 – Diathrausta harlequinalis - Diathrausta harlequinalis Hodges#5175 - Diathrausta harlequinalis Harlequin Webworm Moth - Diathrausta harlequinalis 5174 Redondite Webworm ? - Diathrausta harlequinalis Moth ID? - Diathrausta harlequinalis Diathrausta harlequinalis - Diathrausta harlequinalis Diathrausta harlequinalis Diathrausta harlequinalis
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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 Nomophilini
Genus Diathrausta
Species harlequinalis (Diathrausta harlequinalis - Hodges#5175)
Hodges Number
5175
Size
WS over 17mm
Identification
Diathrausta harlequinalis and D. reconditalis can not be distinguished reliably from photos.
Genitalia:
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico: Tehuacan
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1913: A Note on Diathrausta nerinalis Walker. – Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington 1 (8): 100.
Munroe, E. G. 1956 e: The North American species of Diathrausta Lederer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 88 (10): 580.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Patterson on 20 September, 2009 - 12:37pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, JoAnneRusso, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 July, 2024 - 7:02am

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