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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Herpetogramma » Zigzag Herpetogramma - Hodges#5277 (Herpetogramma thestealis)

Species Herpetogramma thestealis - Zigzag Herpetogramma - Hodges#5277

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

Herpetogramma thestealis ? - Herpetogramma thestealis

Zigzag Herpetogramma - Herpetogramma thestealis

Yellow Patterned Moth with Translucent Wings - Herpetogramma thestealis

Herpetogramma pertextalis - Bold-feathered Grass Moth? - Herpetogramma thestealis

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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 Spilomelinae

Genus Herpetogramma

Species thestealis (Zigzag Herpetogramma - Hodges#5277)

Hodges Number

5277

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Herpetogramma thestealis (Walker, 1859)

Botys thestealis Walker, 1859

Botis [sic] gulosalis Hulst, 1886

Botis [sic] magistralis Grote, 1873

Size

Well attested wingspans include 29 & ~32 mm; additional reports up to 38 mm

Identification

"Forewing with high contrast between dark brown or beige marginal shade and basal areas" (Solis, 2010) (1)

See Also

H. abdominalis and H. pertextalis are both lighter

H. pertextalis "Hind wing terminal line dark brown and prominent; forewing basal line dark brown and entire width prominent" (Solis, 2010) (1)

H. abdominalis "Hind wing terminal line, if present, light brown or beige, not prominent; forewing basal line light brown or beige, not prominent and/or incomplete" (Solis, 2010)(1)

Print References

Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 18: 733.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	North American Herpetogramma (Lederer), 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): type specimens and ... M. Alma Solis. 2010. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(3): 451-463.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 October, 2004 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Will Cook, anitagould, Fyn Kynd, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 April, 2016 - 12:30pm

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