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Species Heliades mulleolella - Heliades mulleolella - Hodges#5574

Pyralid Moth - Hodges #5574 - Heliades mulleolella

Heliades mulleolella or Arta statalis - Heliades mulleolella

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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 Chrysauginae

Genus Heliades

Species mulleolella (Heliades mulleolella - Hodges#5574)

Hodges Number

5574

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heliades mulleolella (Hulst, 1887)

Pempelia mulleolella Hulst, 1887

Synonym

Xantippe uranides (Dyar, 1921)

Numbers

The only species in the genus found north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Hulst (1887) reported a wingspan of 13 mm.

Identification

The original description as Pempelia mulleolella Hulst, is available online in the print references.

Thanks to James Hayden, Curator, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, who corrected the identification of this group. Please see notes on the moth below

Range

NC south to FL and west to TX.

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Season

Year round in Florida, Alabama. (1), (2)

Food

Unknown. (2)

Print References

Hulst, G.D. 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana. 3: 133.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 May, 2011 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 7 September, 2021 - 9:14am

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