Species Sarata nigrifasciella - Hodges#5872

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

Sarata nigrifasciella - Hodges #5872 - Sarata nigrifasciella

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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 (Sarata Series)

Genus Sarata

Species nigrifasciella (Sarata nigrifasciella - Hodges#5872)

Hodges Number

5872

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sarata nigrifasciella Ragonot, 1887 (1), (2),

Numbers

There are 11 described Sarata species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Wingspan 29-32 mm. (2)

Identification

The Heinrich 1956 revised description of Sarata nigrifasciella Ragonot, is available online in the print references below.

ID confirmed by Brian Scholtens

Range

California to New Mexico, north to Idaho and Manitoba. (4), (2)

Season

Adults have been recorded mostly from March, June to August. (3)

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1956. American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 163. (2)

Neunzig, H.H., 2003. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 208; pl. 10.13. (5)

Ragonot, E.L. 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. p. 11.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 April, 2013 - 2:04pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:03pm

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