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Species Raphiptera argillaceellus - Diminutive Grass-veneer - Hodges#5393

Diminutive Grass-veneer Moth - Hodges #5393 ? - Raphiptera argillaceellus

Unknown Microlep - Raphiptera argillaceellus

Diminutive Grass-veneer Moth - Raphiptera argillaceellus

Diminutive Grass-veneer - Raphiptera argillaceellus

Hodges #5393 - Diminutive Grass-veneer Moth - Raphiptera argillaceellus

Raphiptera argillaceellus? - Raphiptera argillaceellus

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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)

Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)

Genus Raphiptera

Species argillaceellus (Diminutive Grass-veneer - Hodges#5393)

Hodges Number

5393

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Raphiptera argillaceellus (Packard, 1867)

Size

Wingspan about 15 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing outer margin falcate near apex, resulting in sharply-pointed tip; forewing light brown to brownish-gray with slender white stripe, tapered at both ends, extending from base to postmedial area but not reaching ST line; white stripe has blackish tooth along lower edge about two-thirds from base; subterminal line black, V-shaped; black apical dash bordered below by triangular white patch; dark oblique line from costa to white strip represents upper portion of PM line; hindwing light gray

Range

Quebec to Florida(1), west to Texas(2), north to Alberta

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

larvae probably feed on grasses

Remarks

one of the few species in the tribe Crambini whose forewing has a pronounced falcate outer margin

See Also

Crambus quinquareatus forewing darker brown, and white stripe wider and extends to ST line

Crambus satrapellus forewing bicolored brown and yellow with white elliptical spot beyond end of white stripe

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Larry Line's Moths of Maryland

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

2.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 July, 2006 - 10:53pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 6:59am

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