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Species Aphomia fulminalis - Hodges#5630.1

Illinois  Data Point - Aphomia fulminalis Aphomia fulminalis, 5630.1 - Aphomia fulminalis Paralipsa fulminalis, 5633.1 - Aphomia fulminalis Aphomia (Paralipsa) fulminalis - Aphomia fulminalis Aphomia fulminalis Aphomia fulminalis Bee Moth - Aphomia fulminalis Pennsylvania Moth for ID - Aphomia fulminalis - male
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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 Galleriinae
Tribe Tirathabini
Genus Aphomia
Species fulminalis (Aphomia fulminalis - Hodges#5630.1)
Hodges Number
5630.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphomia fulminalis (Zeller, 1872)
Melissoblaptes fulminalis Zeller, 1872
Range
Nova Scotia to South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona. (1), (2)
Print References
Solis, M.A & M.A. Metz, 2008. Aphomia Hübner and Paralipsa Butler species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Galleriinae) known to occur in the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(3): 592-601. (3)
Zeller, P.C. 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 22:560; pl. 3, fig. 19.