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Species Caristanius decoloralis - Caristanius Moth - Hodges#5742

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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 (Sarata Series)
Genus Caristanius
Species decoloralis (Caristanius Moth - Hodges#5742)
Hodges Number
5742
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caristanius decoloralis (Walker, 1863)
Trachonitis decoloralis Walker, 1863
Elasmopalpus floridellus Hulst, 1893
Nephopteryx furfurella Hulst, 1890
Nephopteryx metagrammalis Walker, 1863
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 98 figs 298, 773 (genitalia).
Hulst, G.D. 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana. 3: 131. (N. furfurella)
Hulst, G.D. 1890. The Phycitidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 17: 158. (E. floridellus)
Walker, F. 1863 b: Crambites & Tortricites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 27: 42, 54. (T. decoloralis & N. metagrammalis)