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Species Ozamia clarefacta - Hodges#5987.1

Ozamia clarefacta Ozamia clarefacta ID Request - Ozamia clarefacta Ozamia clarefacta Moth (i think) southwest Hamilton County Texas 12-29-2021 11:28 pm - Ozamia clarefacta Ozamia clarefacta Moth (i think) southwest Hamilton County Texas 12-29-2021 11:28 pm - Ozamia clarefacta Ozamia clarefacta Ozamia clarefacta - Hodges#5987.1 - Ozamia clarefacta - male Mystery Green Pyralid - Ozamia clarefacta
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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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Cactus-Feeding Group)
Genus Ozamia
Species clarefacta (Ozamia clarefacta - Hodges#5987.1)
Hodges Number
5987.1
Other Common Names
cactus moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ozamia clarefacta Dyar, 1919 (1)
Ozamia fuscomaculella clarefacta, Dyar, 1919 (2)
Identification
Genitalia:

Range
South Texas and Mexico. (3)
Season
March to November (2)
Food
Larvae feed on prickly pear, Opuntia Mill.
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Neunzig, H.H., 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.: p. 42; pl. 2.5. (2)
Works Cited
1.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
2.The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part)
H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin