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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) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Crocidophora » Crocidophora pustuliferalis - Hodges#4943 (Crocidophora pustuliferalis)

Species Crocidophora pustuliferalis - Hodges#4943

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

feeding on arundinaria gigantea - Crocidophora pustuliferalis

Crambid Snout Moth - Hodges #4943 - Crocidophora pustuliferalis

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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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Crocidophora

Species pustuliferalis (Crocidophora pustuliferalis - Hodges#4943)

Hodges Number

4943

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crocidophora pustuliferalis Lederer, 1863

Size

Wingspan: 25mm (1)

Range

Found in North America, where recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina. (2)

Season

Adults have been recorded on wing from December to September. (2)

Food

Larvae web the terminal leaves of Arundinaria, commonly known as canes, is a genus of bamboo (2)

Print References

Forbes, T.M. 1923. The Lepidopteras of New York and neighboring states, primitive forms Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. Memoir. 68: 552(1)

Lederer, J. 1863: Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. – Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7 (8, 10–12): 386, 477, pl. 12 fig. 11. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Wikipedia - brief description (2)

Works Cited

1.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

2.	Wikipedia

3.	Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen Lederer, J. 1863. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7(8, 10–12): 243–280, 331–504, pls 2–18.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 27 January, 2006 - 12:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Ethan Kistler, Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 January, 2017 - 5:37am

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