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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 » Phycitini » Sarata Series » Honora » Honora dotella - Hodges#5922 (Honora dotella)

Species Honora dotella - Hodges#5922

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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 Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Sarata Series)

Genus Honora

Species dotella (Honora dotella - Hodges#5922 )

Hodges Number

5922

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Honora dotella Dyar, 1910

Numbers

There are 7 named species of the genus Honora in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Dyar (1910) listed a wingspan of 25 mm.

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length 8.5-12.5 mm. (2)

Identification

Dyar (1910) original description and the Heinrich (1956) descriptions are online in the print references.

Powell & Opler (2009) described the basal area of the forewing as rust red. (2)

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

California coastal mountains of Monterey County and southward. (2)

Season

The adults fly February through July. (2)

See Also

Honora mellinella has white antemedial line bordered basally by blackish scales and forewing length of 7-11 mm.(2)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1910. Some moths from Claremont, California with notes on certain allied species. Pomona College Journal of Entomology, p. 377.

Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207, p. 198; figs. 448, 938. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 26, fig. 18; p. 195. (2)

Internet References

University of California, Berkeley

Moth Photographers Group (1)

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

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2012 - 1:21am
Last updated 3 April, 2014 - 4:52pm

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