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Species Olybria furciferella - Hodges#5769

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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)

No Taxon (Salebriaria Group)

Genus Olybria

Species furciferella (Olybria furciferella - Hodges#5769)

Hodges Number

5769

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olybria furciferella (Dyar, 1903)

Salebria furciferella Dyar, 1903

Size

Heinrich (1956) listed the wingspan as 21-23 mm .(1)

Identification

The winter season Pima County, Arizona photos in this guide were tentatively identified as Olybria furciferella by Brian G. Scholtens. He stated these could be another species possibly something undescribed.

Range

Western Texas to Nevada, and Arizona. (1)

Holotype from Ashfork, Arizona. (1)

Season

Dyar (1903) type specimens were all collected in July.

Food

Heinrich (1956) reported the host as unknown. (1)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1903. New Lepidoptera from the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 12(2): 106

Heinrich, C. 1956. Checklist of American Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 114. (1)

Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 52; pl. 9.32. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 January, 2011 - 5:50pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 3:15pm

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