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Species Macrorrhinia aureofasciella - Hodges#5912

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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 Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Sarata Series)
Genus Macrorrhinia
Species aureofasciella (Macrorrhinia aureofasciella - Hodges#5912 )
Hodges Number
5912
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macrorrhinia aureofasciella Ragonot, 1887 (1), (2)
Dolichorrhina aureofasciella (Ragonot, 1887)
Numbers
There are 5 described Macrorrhinia species in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wing expanse 13-22 mm. (1)
Identification
The Heinrich 1956 revised description and the Hulst 1890 description as Dolichorrhina aureofasciella (Ragonot) are both available online in the print references below. (4), (1)
Orange band is sometimes absent. (1)
Photo determined by Brian Scholtens
Range
Arizona to Texas and south to Sonora, Mexico. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Records from January and April to October. (3), (2), (1)
Remarks
Represented by BOLD:AAM0222
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1956. American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 190. (1)
Hulst, G. D. 1890. The Phycitidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 17(2): 190.
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. p. 264; pl. 9.19.(2)
Ragonot, E.L. 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. p. 13.