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Tribe Peoriini

6053  - Peoria roseotinctella - - Peoria Atascosa glareosella or Homosassa ella? - Atascosa glareosella Goya stictella Carmine Snout - Peoria approximella Peoria longipalpella Arivaca ostreella Genus Peoria - Peoria - male
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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 Peoriini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly considered a subfamily (Peoriinae) of Pyralidae; demoted to a tribe of Phycitinae at All-Leps
Numbers
35 species in 10 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan 15-25 mm, based on photos of 12 species by Jim Vargo at MPG
Range
all of United States and southern Canada
Internet References
pinned adult images by Jim Vargo of 8 species of Peoria and 4 species in other genera (Moth Photographers Group)