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Species Psara dryalis - Hodges#5269

Psara dryalis - Psara dryalis Larva - Psara dryalis Prepupal Larva - Psara dryalis Psara dryalis Psara dryalis Psara dryalis 5269 - Psara dryalis Spilomelinae sp - Psara dryalis Spilomelinae sp - Psara? - Psara dryalis
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Asciodini
Genus Psara
Species dryalis (Psara dryalis - Hodges#5269)
Hodges Number
5269
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psara dryalis (Walker, 1859)
Botys dryalis Walker, 1859
Botys glaucusalis Walker, 1859
Phylogenetic sequence #801374.00
Size
Wingspan about 26 mm. (1)
Larva to 23 mm. (2)
Pupa 12 mm. (3)
Range
Scant records from the southwestern United States to Central America. (1)
Type locality: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.
Food
BugGuide record on scarlet spiderling (Boerhavia coccinea). (4)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed from rolled leaf on hostplant. Pre-pupal larva turns fleshy-orange a few days before pupating. Pupation occurs in the leaf shelter and lasts about 11 days. (5)
1.folded leaf shelter 2.larva 3.pre-pupal larva 4.pupa 5.adult
See Also
Anania labeculalis, Hahncappsia marculenta, Hahncappsia mancalis, Neohelvibotys arizonensis
Print References
Walker, F. 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XVIII – Pyralides. British Museum (Natural History), 573.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Moth Photographers Group - some similar Crambidae
BOLD Systems - DNA supported specimens
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Prepupal Larva
3.Pupa
4.Larva
5.Folded Leaf
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 21 February, 2012 - 12:57pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 9:27am

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