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Species Chararica bicolorella - Hodges#5714

Representative Images

Moth - Chararica bicolorella Moth - Chararica bicolorella Chararica bicolorella Chararica bicolorella Chararica bicolorella ? - Chararica bicolorella Chararica bicolorella Tortricidae ? - Chararica bicolorella Tortricidae ? - Chararica bicolorella
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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
No Taxon (Euzophera Series)
Genus Chararica
Species bicolorella (Chararica bicolorella - Hodges#5714)

Hodges Number

5714

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chararica bicolorella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

Numbers

There are three species of the genus Chararica in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan about 23 mm.

Identification

Range

Arizona and southern California.

Print References

Neunzig, H.H., 1990. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 32; pl. 1.20-21.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (Part), Phycitinae (Part)
H H Neunzig. 1990. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 June, 2012 - 12:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:13pm

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