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Species Glyphodes floridalis - Hodges#5199

Glyphodes floridalis - Hodges # 5199 - Glyphodes floridalis 5199 - Glyphodes floridalis
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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 Margaroniini
Genus Glyphodes
Species floridalis (Glyphodes floridalis - Hodges#5199)
Hodges Number
5199
Other Common Names
Florida Milkweed Vine Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glyphodes floridalis (Fernald)
Marasmia floridalis Fernald, 1901
Range
Southern Florida.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults have been recorded year round in Florida.
Food
Larval host is Cynanchum angustifolium Pers. (gulf coast swallow-wort).
Remarks
Type locality: USA, Florida, Palm Beach and Key West
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Fernald, C. H. 1901: New Pyralidae and Tortricidae from Palm Beach, Florida. – Journal of the New York Entomological Society 9 (2): 49.