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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) » Epipaschiinae » Toripalpus » Toripalpus trabalis - Hodges#5585 (Toripalpus trabalis)

Species Toripalpus trabalis - Hodges#5585

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Epipaschiinae

Genus Toripalpus

Species trabalis (Toripalpus trabalis - Hodges#5585)

Hodges Number

5585

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Toripalpus trabalis Grote(1), 1881

Jocara trabalis (Grote, 1881)

Size

Forewing length 11-15 mm. (2)

Larva to 27 mm (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).

Pupa 13 mm (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).

Range

Eastern Oregon through the southwest to western Texas. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Larvae - March, May and June in California. (2)

Adults - April to November. (2)

Food

Powell and Opler found larvae feeding from extensive webbing on low foliage of buckwheats Eriogonum grande, E. parvifolium, E. nudum in California. (2)

Life Cycle

Pupation occurs on the food plant (Comstock & Dammers, 1935).

Print References

Comstock, J.A. & C.A. Dammers, 1935. Notes on the early stages of three butterflies and six moths from California . Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 34(2): 140, pl.35-37

Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1(2): 18

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.25.24m, 25.25f, p.187

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 August, 2006 - 1:10am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 May, 2014 - 10:55pm

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