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Genus Peoria

- Peoria Carmine Snout Moth - Peoria approximella Long-palps Peoria - Peoria longipalpella Peoria approximella - Peoria approximella Long-palps Peoria - Peoria longipalpella Peoria approximella Peoria insularis Peoria approximella
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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
Genus Peoria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Peoria Ragonot, 1887
Numbers
There are 16 named species of Peoria in America north of Mexico. (1)
Possibly several awaiting description. (1)
Identification
Adult: body small; snout long; forewing slender and either bicolored pale/dark longitudinally or with lengthwise streaks
Range
All of the United States and southern Canada. (1), (2), (3), (4)
Internet References
Photos of many Peoria species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.A Revision of the Peoriini and Anerastiinae (Auctorum) of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Jay C. Shaffer. 1968. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 280: .
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 July, 2006 - 11:17am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 19 March, 2013 - 12:28am

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