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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Odontiinae » Odontiini » Chrismania » Chrismania pictipennalis - Hodges#4820  (Chrismania pictipennalis)

Species Chrismania pictipennalis - Hodges#4820

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Chrismania
Species pictipennalis (Chrismania pictipennalis - Hodges#4820 )
Hodges Number
4820
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrismania pictipennalis Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1914
Numbers
Chrismania pictipennalis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Forewing length 7-10 mm. (3)
Identification
The original description is available online in the print references below.
Range
Southern California(4) and Arizona(5). (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from March to May. (2)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 240, pl. 1, fig. 20. (6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 21.47, 21.48; p. 171. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 March, 2013 - 12:30am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 8:08pm

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