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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) » Epipaschiinae » Milgithea » Milgithea alboplagialis - Hodges#5581 (Milgithea alboplagialis)

Species Milgithea alboplagialis - Hodges#5581

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Milgithea alboplagialis 5581 - Milgithea alboplagialis Moth - Milgithea alboplagialis moth - Milgithea alboplagialis Milgithea alboplagialis Milgithea alboplagialis Arizona Moth - Milgithea alboplagialis Arizona Moth - Milgithea alboplagialis
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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 Epipaschiinae
Genus Milgithea
Species alboplagialis (Milgithea alboplagialis - Hodges#5581)
Hodges Number
5581
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Milgithea alboplagialis (Dyar, 1905)
Cacozelia alboplagialis Dyar, 1905 (1)
Numbers
There are two named Milgithea species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 23-27 mm. (2)
Dyar (1905) listed a wingspan of 27 mm.
Identification
Dyar (1905) original description as Cacozelia alboplagialis is available in PDF. (1)
Range
Known from Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. (3), (1)
Also Pinaleno Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, Mt Graham picnic area, 6000', 7/7/1997, C. Bordelon & E. Knudson (Texas Lepidoptera Survey).
Holotype ♂ from Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, collected by R.E. Knuzé, No. 8194 in U.S. National Museum.
Season
The main flight period appears to be June to July.
Food
The host and immature stages are unreported.
Remarks
Reported on the Moths of Southeastern Arizona website as Cacozelia alboplagialis. (no photo).
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1905. New North American Lepidoptera and synonymical notes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 7: 30. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.New North American Lepidoptera and synonymical notes
Harrison D. Dyar. 1905. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 7: 29-39.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Southeast Arizona
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 June, 2011 - 9:03am
Last updated 29 January, 2014 - 10:27pm

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