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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 » Pima Series » Interjectio » Interjectio niviella - Hodges#5758 (Interjectio niviella)

Species Interjectio niviella - Hodges#5758

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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 (Pima Series)
Genus Interjectio
Species niviella (Interjectio niviella - Hodges#5758)
Hodges Number
5758
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Interjectio niviella (Hulst, 1888) (1)
Lipographis niviella (Hulst 1888)
Ambesa niviella Hulst, 1888
Size
Heinrich (1956) listed the wingspan as 25-28 mm. (1)
Identification
The Heinrich (1956) revised description is available in PDF or view online in the print references below. (1)
Range
Arizona to Colorado, Iowa, Manitoba and Alberta. (2)
Heinrich (1956) the type locality as "Colorado".
Season
The adults are most common from June to August. (3)
Food
The larval host is unknown. (1)
See Also
Interjectio denticulella has a narrower, somewhat triangular, black patch preceding the AM line (2)
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, p. 107. (1)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 34; pl. 1.14. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Moths of North Dakota
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 November, 2012 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 14 February, 2023 - 11:13am

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