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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Calamotrophini » Vaxi » Curve-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5465 (Vaxi auratella)

Species Vaxi auratella - Curve-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5465

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Calamotrophini
Genus Vaxi
Species auratella (Curve-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5465)
Hodges Number
5465
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vaxi auratella (Clemens, 1860)
Crambus auratella Clemens, 1860
specific epithet has been spelled auratellus by some older sources.
Explanation of Names
This species, transferred to the genus Argyria in Munroe (1995), is returned to Vaxi following the implied treatment in Léger et al. (2019), Syst. Entomol., 44(4):770, which placed Argyria in the tribe Argyriini and Vaxi in the tribe Calamotrophini, stat. rev.
Numbers
One of three species in this genus in North America.
Size
Wingspan 15-18 mm.
Identification
Adult: forewing white with median orange or yellowish band; band widens toward inner margin where it connects with narrow terminal line and fringe of same color
hindwing grayish-white.
Range
Eastern United States and southeastern Canada: Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba; also occurs in California.
Habitat
Wet prairies and meadows; adults may be seen flying during the day and are also attracted to light.
Season
Adults fly from March to July in the south; June to August in the north.
See Also
Vaxi critica
Vaxi critica is similar but its forewing orange band does not widen toward inner margin.
Print References
Léger, T., B. Landry & M. Nuss, 2019. Phylogeny, character evolution and tribal classification in Crambinae and Scopariinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Systematic Entomology, 44(4): 757-776.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(1)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (2)
Moths of Maryland
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 April, 2006 - 1:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 4:34am

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