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Species Chrismania pictipennalis - Hodges#4820

Drasteria sp.? - Chrismania pictipennalis

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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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