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Species Leptosteges flavicostella - Hodges#5301

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Pyralid moth - Leptosteges flavicostella Leptosteges flavifascialis - Leptosteges flavicostella MothLeptosteges_flavicostella10252015_MS_ - Leptosteges flavicostella Florida Moth - Leptosteges flavicostella Leptosteges flavicostella Leptosteges flavicostella Leptosteges flavicostella Leptosteges flavicostella
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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 Schoenobiinae
Genus Leptosteges
Species flavicostella (Leptosteges flavicostella - Hodges#5301)

Hodges Number

5301

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leptosteges flavicostella (Fernald, 1887)
Patissa flavicostella Fernald, 1887

Numbers

Leptosteges includes seven species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan about 11-13 mm.

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida. (3)
Moth Photographers Group and area checklists expand the range to South Carolina and Georgia. The Maine record is possible stray or error? (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Heppner (2003) reported adults from April to November in Florida. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the larval host plant as unknown. (3)

See Also

Leptosteges flavifascialis , which lack the two dark dashes between the post medial band and the apex

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Leptosteges parthenialis

Print References

Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
5.South Carolina Moth Species
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 September, 2010 - 9:49am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 6:18pm

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