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Species Oxyelophila callista - Hodges#4788

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Oxyelophila callista Oxyelophila callista 4788 - Oxyelophila callista Oxyelophila callista - Hodges#4788 - Oxyelophila callista Hodges#4788 - Oxyelophila callista - female Oxyelophila callista from Kerr County, Texas - Oxyelophila callista Oxyelophila callista Oxyelophila callista from Comal County, TX - Oxyelophila callista
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Acentropinae
Tribe Argyractini
Genus Oxyelophila
Species callista (Oxyelophila callista - Hodges#4788)
Hodges Number
4788
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxyelophila callista (Forbes, 1922) (1)
Argyractis callista Forbes, 1922
Numbers
One named species of Oxyelophila in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan average 13 mm(3), forewing about 6 mm.(4)
Identification
Original description is online as Argyractis callista in Forbes 1922, p. 102.
Forewing strongly falcate; much of forewing white; PM line makes a deep graceful outward loop off of costa, then recurves to inner margin. Abdomen has black transverse band on the base of the second segment which has a gap or thinning in the middle.
Range
Originally described from New Braunfels, Texas. Found near streams in the eastern and southern margins of the Texas Hill Country from Comal County west to Val Verde County (BugGuide, MPG, SCAN).
Habitat
Larvae are aquatic.(3)(5)
Season
Records span February to October, with probable emergences in Spring, mid-Summer, and Fall (BugGuide, MPG, BOLD, SCAN).
Remarks
This species is listed among Texas' "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (6)
See Also
Unlikely to be confused with other North American species.
Some Petrophila species may appear similar but are much browner and lack the graceful PM loop on the forewings.
Print References
Forbes, W. T. M. 1922. Five strange Lepidoptera (Oinophilidae, Noctuidae, Gelechiidae). Entomological News, Vol. 33(4): 102. (read online or download PDF)(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Entomological News- Journal available for free at Internet Archuve
4.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1A. Scopariinae, Nymphulinae
Eugene Munroe. 1972. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera, pp.765-789 In: Introduction to Aquatic Insects of North America
Solis, M.A. 2019. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa.
6.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 November, 2012 - 6:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 5 December, 2021 - 9:20am

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