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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Salebriaria Group » Olybria » Olybria furciferella - Hodges#5769 (Olybria furciferella)

Species Olybria furciferella - Hodges#5769

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 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)
See Also
Olybria aliculella
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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