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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Hahncappsia » Hahncappsia alpinensis - Hodges#4961 (Hahncappsia alpinensis)

Species Hahncappsia alpinensis - Hodges#4961

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Hahncappsia alpinensis Moth - Hahncappsia alpinensis
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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 Pyraustinae
Tribe Pyraustini
Genus Hahncappsia
Species alpinensis (Hahncappsia alpinensis - Hodges#4961)
Hodges Number
4961
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hahncappsia alpinensis
Loxostege alpinensis Capps, 1967
Numbers
Fourteen Hahncappsia species are found in America north of Mexico.
Size
forewing length 11-12 mm (1)
Identification
A little larger that Hahncappsia fordi with ground color paler and markings weaker. (1)

Photo from C. W. Melton of a specimen that was identified by DNA.
Range
White Mountains of Arizona to southern part of state and eastward to Brownsville, TX. (1)
Season
March to September (1)
See Also
Hahncappsia fordi is a bit smaller than alpinensis with ground color not as pale and stronger markings. It is not clear if the range of fordi extends westward as far as southeast Arizona where it could potentially overlap with the range of alpinensis. (1)
Helvibotys helvialis is an eastern species ranging from Massachusetts and Ontario south to Florida and west to Brownsville, TX. Note that the ranges of H. alpinensis and H. helvialis overlap at Brownsville, TX. (1)
Print References
Munroe, Eugene. Moths of North America Fasc. 13.2a: p. 41, pl. 3, f. 63, pl. D, f. 7, pl. N, f. 4..(1)
Capps, H W. 1967. Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae: Pyrausinae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 12; figs 19, 83, 108(2).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico - Fascicle 13.2a - Pyralidae: Pyraustinae
Eugene Munroe. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae)
Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 February, 2012 - 11:54pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 6:02pm

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