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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 » Homoeosoma Series » Homoeosoma » Homoeosoma impressalis - Hodges#5942 (Homoeosoma impressalis)

Species Homoeosoma impressalis - Hodges#5942

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Homoeosoma - possibly impressalis - Homoeosoma impressalis

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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 (Homoeosoma Series)

Genus Homoeosoma

Species impressalis (Homoeosoma impressalis - Hodges#5942)

Hodges Number

5942

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Homoeosoma impressalis Hulst, 1886 (1)

Numbers

There are more than 20 named species of Homoeosoma in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

23-34 mm. (1)

forewing length 12.5-15.0 mm (3)

Identification

Hulst (1886) original description and the Heinrich (1956) revised description are both available online in the print references. (1)

Range

southwestern Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, California (3)

Holotype collected in USA: Arizona, Cochise. (1)

Food

Unknown. (1)

See Also

Homoeosoma albescentella is smaller (FW 8.0-12.0 mm) and has darker ground color. (3)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1956. American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 223. (1)

Hulst, G.D.,1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13: 163 . (4)

Neunzig, H.H., 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation., p. 109; pl. 2.22. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(5)

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.	The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part) H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

4.	Transactions of the American Entomological Society- Journal available for free from Internet Archive

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 March, 2013 - 8:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 3 May, 2023 - 10:10am

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