Species Pyla impostor - Hodges#5823

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)

Genus Pyla

Species impostor (Pyla impostor - Hodges#5823)

Hodges Number

5823

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyla impostor Heinrich, 1956 (1)

Size

Wingspan 23-30 mm. (1)

Identification

The original description is available in PDF or view online in the print references below. (1)

Range

Scattered records throughout North America. (2), (3), (4), (5)

Season

Adults appear to be most common in April, and from June to August. (5)

Food

Heinrich (1956) reported the larval host plant was unknown. (1)

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 143, figs. 365, 850. (1)

Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 145, pl. 5.8-10. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

iNaturalist

Works Cited

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

2.	Review of the North American gray Pyla (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) with description of a ... John H. Wilterding III, George J. Balogh. 2002. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 485-504.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	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 20 June, 2013 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 7 May, 2025 - 11:46am

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