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Species Rhodocantha diagonalis - Hodges#4797

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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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Rhodocantha
Species diagonalis (Rhodocantha diagonalis - Hodges#4797 )
Hodges Number
4797
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhodocantha diagonalis Munroe, 1961 (1)
Numbers
The only species in this genus known from our area. (2), (3)
Identification
Determined by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston
Range
New Mexico and Texas
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most often reported from April to September. (4)
Remarks
Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Otero Co., Alamogordo
Print References
Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 16, fig. 17, 85-87, 176, 217. (1)
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Eugene G. Munroe. 1961. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93(24): 1-93.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems