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Species Duponchelia fovealis - European Pepper Moth - Hodges#5156.5

Duponchelia fovealis - European Pepper Moth - Duponchelia fovealis - female

5156.5 – Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847 – Exotic Greenhouse Invasive - Duponchelia fovealis - female

European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis) - Duponchelia fovealis

European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis) - Duponchelia fovealis - male

possibly Duponchelia fovealis European Pepper Moth - Duponchelia fovealis - male

Florida Moth - Duponchelia fovealis - male

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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 Steniini

Genus Duponchelia

Species fovealis (European Pepper Moth - Hodges#5156.5)

Hodges Number

5156.5

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847

Range

Native to Europe. Duponchelia fovealis was first reported in the United States from California by Epstein (2004), and later discussed by Brambila and Stocks (2010) and Heppner and Brambila (2010).

Remarks

Type locality: Italy, Sicily, between Syracus and Anapo

Print References

Brambila J, Stocks I. (2010) The European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a Mediterranean pest moth discovered in central Florida. Pest Alert DACS-P-01752, Florida Dept. of Agric. and Consumer Services, Div. Plant Industry, 4 pp.

Epstein M. (2004) Lepidoptera lab report, 2004. 2004 plant pest diagnostics laboratory report. California Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch Annual Report, 36.

Heppner JB, Brambila J. (2010) Florida Lepidoptera notes, 9. Duponchelia fovealis in Florida (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Lepidoptera Novae 3(4): 237–241.

Zeller, P. C. 1847: Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten. – Isis von Oken, Leipzig 588-89.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

University of Florida

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by v belov on 12 November, 2010 - 11:07am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 22 April, 2016 - 5:28pm

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