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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 » Peoriini » Peoria » Carmine Snout Moth - Hodges#6053 (Peoria approximella)

Species Peoria approximella - Carmine Snout Moth - Hodges#6053

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Raspberry Colored moth - Peoria approximella

Carmine Snout Moth - Peoria approximella

Pyralidae: Tampa dimediatella - 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

Species approximella (Carmine Snout Moth - Hodges#6053)

Hodges Number

6053

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Peoria approximella (Walker, 1866)

Eurhodope approximella Walker, 1866

Hypsotropa cremoricosta Hampson, 1918

Anerastia haematica Zeller, 1872

Nephopteryx roseatella Packard, 1873

Numbers

one of 15 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 14-20 mm

Identification

Adult: snout long; forewing deep pinkish-red with prominent whitish stripe along costa; red color changes to yellowish along outer margin and basal half of inner margin, and shades to blackish adjacent to whitish stripe; hindwing translucent whitish to pale gray, much broader than forewing, and with wide fringe

Range

United States and southern Canada east of the Rockies: Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Alberta

Food

unknown as of 2005

See Also

other species of Peoria and related genera lack deep reddish color on forewing coupled with whitish strip along costa; compare photos of numerous specimens by Jim Vargo in MPG link below

Print References

Shaffer, 1968, Bull. U.S.N.M., 280: 29; 101, fig. 14 (adult); 112, fig. 116 (male gen.); 120, fig. 154 (female gen.) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Moths of North Dakota

live adult images (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

pinned adult images and collection data map showing presence in Quebec and Alberta (All-Leps)

pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Texas)

presence in Ontario; list - search for "Peoria" (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

distribution boundary states/provinces showing presence in Nova Scotia (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

Works Cited

1.	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: .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 July, 2006 - 11:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor
Last updated 26 July, 2018 - 4:34am

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