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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 » Pyraustini » Ostrinia » Smartweed Borer - Hodges#4947  (Ostrinia obumbratalis)

Species Ostrinia obumbratalis - Smartweed Borer - Hodges#4947

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Ostrinia obumbratalis Moth - Ostrinia obumbratalis Ostrinia obumbratalis Ostrinia obumbratalis - female Ostrinia obumbratalis Smartweed Borer - Ostrinia obumbratalis Ostrinia obumbratalis Hahncappsia pergilvalis - Ostrinia obumbratalis - female
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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
Tribe Pyraustini
Genus Ostrinia
Species obumbratalis (Smartweed Borer - Hodges#4947 )
Hodges Number
4947
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ostrinia obumbratalis (Lederer, 1863)
Botys obumbratalis Lederer, 1863
Botys obliteralis Walker, 1865
Pyrausta ainsliei Heinrich, 1919
Phylogenetic Sequence # 801421
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:
Range
From New Brunswick west to Manitoba, south to Louisiana, east to Florida.
Food
Larvae on Polygonum, Ambrosia, Xanthium, Eupatorium, and Zea mays.
Life Cycle
Larva:
See Also
American Lotus Borer Moth - Ostrinia penitalis
Print References
Lederer, J. 1863: Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. – Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7 (8, 10–12): 372, 467, pl. 9 fig. 17. (In German).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Ohio State University
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 9:43pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 February, 2024 - 11:43am

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