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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) » Glaphyriinae » Stegea » Stegea salutalis - Hodges#4865 (Stegea salutalis)

Species Stegea salutalis - Hodges#4865

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth #08-254 - Stegea salutalis Which species of Stegea is this? - Stegea salutalis Brown moth with two wavy white lines across wing and three black lines along margin - Stegea salutalis Stegea? - Stegea salutalis Arizona Moth - Stegea salutalis Crambidae: Stegea salutalis - Stegea salutalis Crambidae: Stegea salutalis - Stegea salutalis Stegea salutalis
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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 Glaphyriinae
Genus Stegea
Species salutalis (Stegea salutalis - Hodges#4865)
Hodges Number
4865
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stegea salutalis (Hulst, 1886)
Botis salutalis Hulst, 1886 150
Too many synonyms to list.
Phylogenetic sequence # 146300
Numbers
There are 7 named species of Stegea in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Identification
Considerable geographic and seasonal variation. (2)
Range
British Columbia to Colorado and Texas, south to northwestern Mexico. (1), (3), (4), (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults fly April to September. (1), (2)
Life Cycle
Two generations a year. (2)
See Also
Stegea eripalis which has an eastern distribution.
Stegea powelli is similar but has PM line typically absent and is limited to southern California. (5)
Print References
Hulst, 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13(3-4): 150
Munroe, E. 1972. The Moths of American North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1B. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
University of California, Irvine
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 13.1B: Pyralidae, Odontiinae+Glaphyriinae
Eugene Munroe. 1972. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 January, 2010 - 1:53pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 December, 2023 - 12:20pm

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