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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) » Odontiinae » Odontiini » Mojavia » Mojavia achemonalis - Hodges#4839 (Mojavia achemonalis)

Species Mojavia achemonalis - Hodges#4839

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Mojavia
Species achemonalis (Mojavia achemonalis - Hodges#4839)
Hodges Number
4839
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mojavia achemonalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
Noctuelia achemonalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
Noctuelia achemonalis pulcharalis Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
Size
Forewing length 5-6 mm. (1)
Range
Central and southern Arizona to west Texas. (1)
Season
Adults fly August to September. (1)
Remarks
Type locality: USA, Arizona, Redington
See Also
Mojaviodes blanchardae
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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin 1924. Notes on the genus Noctuelia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 26(8): 206 (Noctuelia achemonalis pulcharalis)
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1914. Some new North American Pyraustinae. Contr. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. America 2(6): 243, pl.2, f.12
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.22.4, p.171 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2010 - 5:09pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 15 May, 2016 - 7:22pm

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