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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) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Pyla » Pyla aenigmatica - Hodges#5827 (Pyla aenigmatica)

Species Pyla aenigmatica - Hodges#5827

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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 Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)
Genus Pyla
Species aenigmatica (Pyla aenigmatica - Hodges#5827)
Hodges Number
5827
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyla aenigmatica Heinrich, 1956 (1)
Numbers
Pyla includes more than 20 species in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Wingspan 25-28 mm. (1), (4)
Identification
The original description is available in PDF or view online in the print references below. (1)
Genitalia:
Range
British Columbia to Quebec, south to Idaho. There is a population in the Great Lakes region. (5)
Moth Photographers Group extends the range to West Virginia. (2)
Holotype collected in Canada: British Columbia, Wellington. (4),
Moth Photographers Group map
Season
Adults are most common from May to September. (2), (5)
Food
Larval host plant is unknown. (4)
See Also
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 207. p. 144. (1)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 146; pl. 5.18. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Review of the North American gray Pyla (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) with description of a ...
John H. Wilterding III, George J. Balogh. 2002. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 485-504.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 March, 2013 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 22 February, 2024 - 12:24pm

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