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Species Mimorista subcostalis - Hodges#5139

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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 Mimorista
Species subcostalis (Mimorista subcostalis - Hodges#5139)
Hodges Number
5139
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mimorista subcostalis (Hampson, 1913)
Sameodes subcostalis Hampson, 1913
Numbers
There are three species of the genus Mimorista in America north of Mexico. . (1), (2)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 15.5-19.5 mm.(3)
Identification
"Distinctive" forewing pattern with the California specimens being smaller and less colorful.(3)

Mimorista trimaculalis from Texas is similar; in need of distinguishing information. In his 1913 description of subcostalis, Hampson does not distinguish or even mention trimaculalis from Texas. The original descriptions of the two species are essentially interchangeable.
Range
California to Nevada, Colorado and Texas.(4), (2)
Moth Photographers Group map
Season
Adults are most often reported from April to October. (2)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larval host plant and immature stages are unknown.(3)
Remarks
Type locality: USA, California, Colusa Co.
See Also
Mimorista trimaculalis
Diacme mopsalis
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group (2)
Print References
Hampson, G. F. 1913 a: Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. – Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser. 8) 11 (63, 66): 327-28.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 23.29; p. 179.(3)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 September, 2009 - 11:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 March, 2024 - 5:08pm

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