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Species Scoparia palloralis - Hodges#4711

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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 Scopariinae
Genus Scoparia
Species palloralis (Scoparia palloralis - Hodges#4711)
Hodges Number
4711
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scoparia palloralis Dyar, 1906
Scoparia obispalis Dyar, 1906
Scoparia cervalis McDunnough, 1927
Size
forewing length 5 - 9 mm (1)
Identification
Adult - inconspicuous maculation and brown tinged forewing (1)
Range
from British Columbia to southern California, Colorada, western Texas (1)
Season
Adults recorded April to June in California, July to August in Arizona (1)
Print References
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 21.28m; p. 169. (1)
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - listed as collected in Arizona.
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 October, 2009 - 12:26am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 April, 2011 - 5:11pm

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