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Species Condylorrhiza vestigialis - The Alamo Moth - Hodges#5215

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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.