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Species Arequipa turbatella - Hodges#5392

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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)
Genus Arequipa
Species turbatella (Arequipa turbatella - Hodges#5392)
Hodges Number
5392
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arequipa turbatella Walker, 1863(1)
Crambus turbatella (Walker, 1863)
Size
Fernald (1896) listed the wingspan as 22-25 mm. (1)
Identification
Fernald (1896) description in print references. (1)
Season
The main flight period appears to be June to August. (2)
See Also
Some other mostly white Crambini species look similar:

Crambus albellus              Crambus perlella              Platytes vobisne               Microcrambus copelandi    Microcrambus biguttellus

                            
Print References
Fernald, C.H. 1896. The Crambidae of North America. Massachusetts Agricultural College. 44. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.The Crambidae of North America
Charles Henry Fernald. 1896. Massachusetts Agricultural College.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 6 October, 2009 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Blocky
Last updated 14 November, 2018 - 1:01am

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