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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) » Spilomelinae » Asciodini » Asciodes » Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#5267 (Asciodes quietalis)

Species Asciodes quietalis - Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#5267

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Asciodini
Genus Asciodes
Species quietalis (Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#5267)
Hodges Number
5267
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859)
Asciodes gordialis of authors not Guenée, 1854
Scoparia quietalis Walker, 1859
Desmia confusalis Hulst, 1886
Phylogenetic Sequence # 801372
Explanation of Names
Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859), formerly a synonym of Asciodes gordialis Guenée, 1854, is raised to full species in Landry (2016). True gordialis is extralimital north of Mexico.
Numbers
the only species listed for North America.
Size
wingspan: 25mm (1)
Range
coast to coast across southern United States (2)(3)
Food
larvae feed on Bougainvillea spp. (1)
Life Cycle
larva; adult male:
Print References
Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 374–375, pl. 5 fig. 10. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.
Landry, B., 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 123(2): 315-399.
Hulst, G. D. 1886: Descriptions of new Pyralidae. – Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia 13: 158.
Walker, F. 1859 d: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 19: 825.
Internet References
Wikipedia
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Texas A&M University - pest status and presence in Texas.
South Carolina Moths Checklist - South Carolina county records.
2005 California Plant Pest and Diseases - presence in California
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida - presence in Florida.
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 October, 2009 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 October, 2022 - 9:17am

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