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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) » Chrysauginae » Acallis » Acallis griphalis - Hodges#5541 (Acallis griphalis)

Species Acallis griphalis - Hodges#5541

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Acallis gripalis, #5541 - Acallis griphalis - female Pyralid IMG_6803 - Acallis griphalis - female Acallis griphalis - male Acallis griphalis 5541 - Acallis griphalis - female Aglossa acallalis - Acallis griphalis Pyrausta sp.? - Acallis griphalis Aglossa electalis - Acallis griphalis - female
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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 Chrysauginae
Genus Acallis
Species griphalis (Acallis griphalis - Hodges#5541)
Hodges Number
5541
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acallis griphalis (Hulst, 1886)
Aglossa griphalis Hulst, 1886
Synonyms:
Aglossa gripalis Hulst, 1886 (misspelling)
Acallis fernaldi Ragonot, 1891
Ugra angustipennis (Warren, 1891)
Explanation of Names
Acallis griphalis (Hulst, 1886) was originally misspelled as gripalis in Hulst (1886) p. 146 but the spelling was corrected in the same work on p. xxiv so the correction stands.
Size
Hulst (1879) reported the wingspan as 20-26 mm.
Identification
Photo determined by Ed Knudson (Texas Lepidoptera Survey).
Range
California to Texas(1), north through Colorado to British Columbia.
Described from Colorado and Texas specimens.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is May to September. (2)
Remarks
Many of the images here were previously misidentified as Aglossa electalis.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 13: 146; xxiv (errata ).
Warren, W., 1891. Descriptions of new genera and species of Pyrlidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. p. 494.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Checklist of Lepidoptera from the Texas Hill Country and Adjacent Areas, Pub. 8
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2001. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 37 pp., 10 color plates.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 December, 2012 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky
Last updated 8 March, 2022 - 3:17pm

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