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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) » Galleriinae » Cacotherapiini » Alpheias » Alpheias transferens - Hodges#5646 (Alpheias transferens)

Species Alpheias transferens - Hodges#5646

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Mealybug-feeding snout moth - Alpheias transferens

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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 Galleriinae

Tribe Cacotherapiini

Genus Alpheias

Species transferens (Alpheias transferens - Hodges#5646)

Hodges Number

5646

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alpheias transferens Dyar, 1917

Alpheias transferrens Munroe, 1983 (misspelling)

Phylogenetic sequence #800027.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "transfer, transpose, transplant."

Size

Dyar (1917) listed the wingspan of the holotype ♂ 15 mm.

Range

Southern California to Utah. (1)

Holotype ♂: Claremont, CA (C.F. Baker).

Listed from the Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwest (PNW) Defoliators

Food

Larvae have been found in root crowns of Chrysothamus (rabitbush, Asteraceae) possibly feeding on larval tortricids or beetles. (1)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1917. Notes on North American Schoenobiinae. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5(4–6): 82–83.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.24, fig.42; p.186. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

University of California, Berkeley

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 19 February, 2012 - 9:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Blocky
Last updated 30 March, 2022 - 9:21pm

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