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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Lecithoceridae » Martyringa » Himalayan Grain Moth - Hodges#1066 (Martyringa xeraula)

Species Martyringa xeraula - Himalayan Grain Moth - Hodges#1066

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Lecithoceridae
Genus Martyringa
Species xeraula (Himalayan Grain Moth - Hodges#1066)
Hodges Number
1066
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Martyringa xeraula (Meyrick, 1910)
Anchonoma xeraula Meyrick, 1910
Santuzza kuwani Heinrich, 1920
Martyringa ravicapitis Hodges, 1960
Explanation of Names
Martyringa xeraula (Meyrick, 1910) includes as a new synonym Martyringa ravicapitis Hodges, 1960 in Saito (1987) following the recommendation of Hodges (in litt.) in which the variations in wing venation is explained.
Numbers
There are two named species of Martyringa in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 21-24 mm. (1)
Range
Texas to Florida(2) and South Carolina(3). (1)
Europe, Asia, Africa.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Type locality (xeraula): "Khasi [Hills]; also from W. China".
Type locality (ravicapitis): Alexandria, LA.
Type locality (kuwanii): Yokahoma, Japan.
Season
Most records for adults are from March to September.(1)
Food
Larvae are detritus feeders.
Remarks
Introduced to the southeastern United States. (year uncertain)
See Also
Martyringa latipennis

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1920. A new genus and species of occophorid moths from Japan. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 22: 45; pl. 3, figs. 1-2 (♂ gen.). (kuwanii)
Hodges, R.W., 1960. Description of a new species of Martyringa (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) with a note on its biology. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 55(4): 81-83. (ravicapitis)
Hodges, R.W., et al. 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p. 130; pl. 6.28.(4)
Saito,T, 1987. Record of Martyringa xeraula (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera : Oecophoridae), a pest of stored grain, from Thailand, with a synonymic note. Microlepidoptera of Thailand, 1: 125-127.
Meyrick, E., 1910. Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 20: 144. (xeraula)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Images and Info at Barcoding Life
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.South Carolina Moth Species
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 October, 2012 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 4:54am

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