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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 » Cactus-Feeding Group » Pricklypear Borer (Melitara) » Melitara dentata - Hodges#5971 (Melitara dentata)

Species Melitara dentata - Hodges#5971

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · 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 (Cactus-Feeding Group)
Genus Melitara (Pricklypear Borer)
Species dentata (Melitara dentata - Hodges#5971)
Hodges Number
5971
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melitara dentata (Grote) (1)
Orig. Comb: Zophodia dentata Grote, 1876
Identification
Range
Arizona to western and northern Texas, north to Alberta - Map (MPG)
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1876. New Pyralides. The Canadian Entomologist, 8(1): 158.
Neunzig, H.H., 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 53; pl. 3.11-13. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 13.23; p. 196.(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Mississippi Entomological Museum
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part)
H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 November, 2012 - 1:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 February, 2020 - 6:03pm

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