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Species Dichozoma parvipicta - Hodges#4809

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · 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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Dichozoma
Species parvipicta (Dichozoma parvipicta - Hodges#4809)
Hodges Number
4809
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichozoma parvipicta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Loxostege parvipicta Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (1)
Size
Forewing length 4.5-6 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
Southern California and Arizona. (3), (2)
Texas, El Paso County record from June 28, 1985, collected by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey. (4)
Habitat
Desert. (2)
Remarks
Attracted to lights, but uncommonly encountered. (2)
See Also
Mojaviodes blanchardae
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Microtheoris vibicalis

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Mojavia achemonalis
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(2): 161, pl. 23, fig. 10.
Knudson, E., 1985. Zone reports (zone 1). Southern Lepidopterists' News 7(3): 11. (4)
Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 26. (5)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 171, pl. 21.40, 21.41. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
lepbarcoding.org
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (listed only) (8)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Southern Lepidopterists Society
5.Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Eugene G. Munroe. 1961. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93(24): 1-93.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
8.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 May, 2013 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 13 May, 2016 - 10:46pm

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