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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Pyralinae » Aglossa » Large Tabby - Hodges#5516 (Aglossa pinguinalis)

Species Aglossa pinguinalis - Large Tabby - Hodges#5516

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

caterpillar on my doorstep - Aglossa pinguinalis? - Aglossa pinguinalis

No idea on this one - meal moth? - Aglossa pinguinalis

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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 Pyralinae

Genus Aglossa

Species pinguinalis (Large Tabby - Hodges#5516)

Hodges Number

5516

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

* phylogenetic sequence #164225

Size

wingspan 25-40 mm

Identification

forewing gray or brownish with uniform dark speckling, zigzag AM and PM lines, and several pale patches mixed with dark patches; labial palps separated and slightly upturned at tip

hindwing light gray or brownish, slightly darker toward outer margin

Range

native to Eurasia; introduced to North America some time before 1990

Internet records from California, Maryland, New York, Ontario (as of January 2006)

Habitat

larvae develop in sheltered areas such as cellars, barns and other outbuildings, caves, and animal burrows; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

larvae feed on animal dung [see article on coprophagy in Internet References section below], and perhaps on various dead animal and plant material - references to larval food are few and vague

Life Cycle

two years required for completion of life cycle; overwinters as a larva

Remarks

Very little information on the biology or North American distribution of this species could be found on the Internet.

See Also

Aglossa cuprina and caprealis are smaller and have a different pattern of patches on the forewing

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

pinned adult image by John Glaser, and habitat (Larry Line, Maryland)

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2006 - 11:51pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 24 June, 2012 - 7:21pm

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