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Species Procymbopteryx belialis - Hodges#4803

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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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Procymbopteryx
Species belialis (Procymbopteryx belialis - Hodges#4803 )
Hodges Number
4803
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Procymbopteryx belialis (Druce, 1899)
Pionea belialis Druce, 1899
Numbers
Procymbopteryx belialis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 17 mm.
Identification
Original description is available online in the print references below.
Range
Arizona and south to Mexico.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The adults are most common from July and August. (1)
Food
Larval host unknown.
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000 ft.
See Also
Frechinia helianthiales

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Microtheoris ophionalis
Print References
Druce, H. 1899. Lepidoptera - Heterocera. Vol. 2. Biologia Centrali-Americana. p. (557)