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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) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Condylorrhiza » The Alamo Moth  - Hodges#5215  (Condylorrhiza vestigialis)

Species Condylorrhiza vestigialis - The Alamo Moth - Hodges#5215

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · 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 Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Condylorrhiza
Species vestigialis (The Alamo Moth - Hodges#5215 )
Hodges Number
5215
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Condylorrhiza vestigialis (Guenée, 1854)
Botyodes vestigialis Guenée, 1854
Condylorrhiza tritealis (Walker, 1859)
Numbers
Condylorrhiza vestigialis is the only member of the genus found north of Mexico.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include New York to Florida; Missouri to Texas. (1)
Outside the U.S. the species ranges to South America.
Season
Heppner (2003) reported March, May to November. (1)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported several host plants. (1)
Dovyalis species including D. abyssinica.
Populus species.
Salix species.
Print References
Guenée, 1854. Delt. et Pyral. pp. 321, 349.
Walker, F., 1856. List Of The Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects In The Collection of the British Museum. London. p. 551.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Butterflies of North America
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 October, 2010 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 August, 2014 - 9:42pm

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