Species Alatuncusia bergii - Berg's Alatuncusia Moth - Hodges#4793

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Glaphyriinae

Genus Alatuncusia

Species bergii (Berg's Alatuncusia Moth - Hodges#4793)

Hodges Number

4793

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alatuncusia bergii (Möschler, 1891)

Dichogama bergii Moschler 1891

Numbers

The only named species of Alatuncusia in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Identification

Determined by Jim Vargo

Range

s TX, s. FL / W. Indies / Mex. to Venezuela - Map (1),(3),(2),MPG

Type locality: Puerto Rico.

Season

Adults fly July to December in Florida. (1), (2)

Food

Larval host is Capparis cynophallophora L. (Jamaican caper). (2), (4)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1901. Descriptions of some Pyralid larvae from southern Florida. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 9(1): p. (21), (4) (PDF or read online)

Monroe, 1972. The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1B, part 2, Odontiinae, Glaphryiinae pl. 1 figs. 50 & 51. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moths of the Grenadines

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

3.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

4.	Descriptions of Some Pyralid Larvae from Southern Florida Harrison G. Dyar. 1901. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 9: 19-24.

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 13.1B: Pyralidae, Odontiinae+Glaphyriinae Eugene Munroe. 1972. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 7:09pm

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