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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) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Phobus » Phobus funerella - Hodges#5815  (Phobus funerella)

Species Phobus funerella - Hodges#5815

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
Genus Phobus
Species funerella (Phobus funerella - Hodges#5815 )
Hodges Number
5815
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phobus funerella (Dyar, 1905)
Salebrina funerellus Dyar, 1905
Numbers
There are 4 named Phobus species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 11.5-14.5 mm.(1)
Identification
The Heinrich (1956) revised description is available in PDF and online in the print references below. (2)
Hindwing is brownish gray. (1)
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
British Columbia to Baja California and New Mexico. (4), (2), (1)
Habitat
Above 8,000' elevation. (1)
Season
Adults are most common from June to July. (1)
There are May to September records on Moth Photographers Group.
Food
Unknown. (2), (1)
Life Cycle
Unknown. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Western Micromoths from the Essig Museum @ Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1956. American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 138. (2)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. p. 132; pl. 5.3.(5)
Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 25.38; p. 191(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
University of California, Berkeley
lepbarcoding.org
Lepidoptera of British Columbia checklist
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 April, 2012 - 8:22am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 3 March, 2016 - 9:05pm

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