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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

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pyralidae: Interjectio niviella - Interjectio niviella

Pyralidae: Homoeosoma deceptorium? - Interjectio niviella

Pyralidae: Interjectio niviella - Interjectio niviella - female

Pryalidae: Interjectio niviella - Interjectio niviella

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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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