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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) » Pyraustinae » Daulia » Daulia arizonensis - Hodges#5296 (Daulia arizonensis)

Species Daulia arizonensis - Hodges#5296

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Daulia arizonensis 5296? - Daulia arizonensis

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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 Pyraustinae

Genus Daulia

Species arizonensis (Daulia arizonensis - Hodges#5296)

Hodges Number

5296

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Daulia arizonensis Munroe, 1957 (1)

Numbers

Daulia has two species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan about 18 mm. (2)

Identification

The original description of Daulia arizonensis Munroe, is available online in the print references below. (1)

Range

Southern Arizona to western Texas. (3), (2), (4), (1)

Mexico to Argentina. (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Blanchard, A., & E.C. Knudson reported adults during March, May, September to November in western Texas. (4)

Food

Unknown.

See Also

Daulia magdalena which is found in eastern states.

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Blanchard, A., & E.C. Knudson. 1985. New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): p. 6, fig. 22). (4)

Munroe, E. 1957. North American components of the genus Diasemia of authors (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist 89(4): 164. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.	North American components of the genus Diasemia of authors (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Eugene Munroe. 1957. The Canadian Entomologist 89(4): 164-170.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 1-8.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 September, 2009 - 1:55pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:29pm

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