Genus Conchylodes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Zebra Conchylodes - Hodges #5292 - Conchylodes ovulalis

Zebra Conchylodes Moth - Conchylodes ovulalis

Zebra Conchylodes - 5292 - Conchylodes ovulalis

black and white striped moth - Conchylodes ovulalis

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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 Udeini

Genus Conchylodes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Conchylodes Guenée, 1854

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet Conchylodes is Greek meaning "resembles a cockleshell." (1), (2)

Numbers

Four species in our area. (3)

Conchylodes diphteralis

Conchylodes salamisalis

Conchylodes ovulalis

Conchylodes concinnalis

Remarks

Conchylodes platinalis is native to Central and South America; a specimen was collected in South Carolina in August 1964 and was assigned Hodges # 5293.1 here.

Print References

Covell, p. 402 (4)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

4.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 31 May, 2004 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 7:51pm

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