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Species Cryptobotys zoilusalis - Hodges#5282

Cryptobotys zoilusalis Cryptobotys zoilusalis moth id - Cryptobotys zoilusalis Cryptobotys zoilusalis Unknown moth - Cryptobotys zoilusalis Cryptobotys zoilusalis near Loxahatchee refuge leaf tier on Sphagneticola trilobata D3361 adult 2021 3 - Cryptobotys zoilusalis near Loxahatchee refuge leaf tier on Sphagneticola trilobata D3361 adult 2021 5.1 - Cryptobotys zoilusalis
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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 Herpetogrammatini
Genus Cryptobotys
Species zoilusalis (Cryptobotys zoilusalis - Hodges#5282)
Hodges Number
5282
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859)
Botys zoilusalis Walker, 1859
Range
Restricted to Florida in our area.
Food
Sphagneticola trilobata (T.Feldman)
Remarks
Type locality: Honduras
Print References
Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 18: 603.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 1 April, 2012 - 3:29am
Additional contributions by JoAnneRusso, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 February, 2022 - 9:11am

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