Species Prorasea simalis - Hodges#4916

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

Prorasea simalis - Hodges #4916 - Prorasea simalis

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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 Glaphyriinae

Genus Prorasea

Species simalis (Prorasea simalis - Hodges#4916)

Hodges Number

4916

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prorasea simalis Grote(1), 1878

Size

Grote (1878) reported the wingspan as,

♂ 22 mm.

♀ 26-29 mm.

Range

Southwestern Canada to Colorado and California. (2), (3), (4), (5)

Primarily an inhabitant of the Great Basin. Southern Washington, south and east thru the Great Basin to Wyoming, western Colorado and Arizona. (6)

Season

Adults are most common from June to August, earlier beginning flight times in California. (5)

See Also

Evergestis simulatilis

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1878. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4: 670.

The Moths of America North of Mexico, including Greenland. Fascicle 13.1c. Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (part), comprising the subfamily Evergestinae. Eugene Munroe, E.W. Classey, 1974 (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, including Greenland. Fascicle 13.1c. Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (part),... Eugene Munroe. 1974. E.W. Classey.

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 June, 2013 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 10 June, 2022 - 11:55am

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