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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) » Spilomelinae » Hydririni » Choristostigma » Choristostigma zephyralis - Hodges#5129 (Choristostigma zephyralis)

Species Choristostigma zephyralis - Hodges#5129

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Choristostigma zephyralis ? - Choristostigma zephyralis Choristostigma zephyralis Choristostigma zephyralis Choristostigma zephyralis Choristostigma zephyralis Choristostigma zephyralis
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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 Hydririni
Genus Choristostigma
Species zephyralis (Choristostigma zephyralis - Hodges#5129)
Hodges Number
5129
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Choristostigma zephyralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
Numbers
Seven species found in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 10-12.5 mm. (2)
Range
Southern California. (3), (4)
Moth Photographers Group map
Season
March to July. (1), (2)
Food
Larval host is Coyote mint, Monardella villosa Benth. (2)
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 23.23, p. 178. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Pinnacles National Monument California Moth Checklist
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2010 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 7:41pm

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