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Species Deuterollyta majuscula - Hodges#5582

Deuterollyta majuscula - Deuterollyta majuscula - male 5582 – Deuterollyta majuscula - Deuterollyta majuscula Hodges#5582 - Deuterollyta majuscula Moth attracted to blacklight - Deuterollyta majuscula Moth attracted to blacklight - Deuterollyta majuscula Deuterollyta majuscula - female Deuterollyta majuscula - female Pyralid moth at blacklight (Epipaschiinae?) - Deuterollyta majuscula
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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 Deuterollyta
Species majuscula (Deuterollyta majuscula - Hodges#5582)
Hodges Number
5582
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Deuterollyta majuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
Jocara incrustalis (Hulst, 1887)
Toripalpus incrustalis Hulst, 1887
Deuterollyta infectalis Moeschler, 1890
Jocara ferrifusalis Hampson,1906
Jocara obscuralis Schaus, 1912
Jocara perseella Barnes & Mc Dunnough, 1913
Jocara musettalis Schaus, 1934
Phylogenetic sequence # 165950
Numbers
The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico
Range
Florida, southern California. (1)
Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Jamaica
Food
The larval host plant is Persea americana (Avocado or alligator pear).
Remarks
Listed as Jocara incrustalis on some checklists. (1)
Print References
(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
2.A phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the genera of the Pococera complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)
M. Alma Solis. 1993. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101(1): 1-83.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by v belov on 9 March, 2012 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 6:03pm

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