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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Cactus-Feeding Group » Rostrolaetilia » Rostrolaetilia texanella - Hodges#5962 (Rostrolaetilia texanella)

Species Rostrolaetilia texanella - Hodges#5962

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

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Cactus-Feeding Group)

Genus Rostrolaetilia

Species texanella (Rostrolaetilia texanella - Hodges#5962)

Hodges Number

5962

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rostrolaetilia texanella Blanchard(1) & Ferguson(2), 1975 (3)

Numbers

Rostrolaetilia includes ten species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Wing expanse: (3)

♂ 16-22 mm.

♀ 18-22 mm.

Identification

The original description is available in PDF. (3)

Range

Western Texas to Arizona. (4), (5)

Holotype ♂ collected on Mt. Locke, Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co., Texas, 4 July 1969. (3)

Season

Blanchard & Ferguson (1975) studied specimens collected in March, May to October. (3)

See Also

Rostrolaetilia ardiferella is smaller. (3)

Print References

Blanchard, A. & D.F. Ferguson 1975. Rostrolaetilia - a new North American genus of the subfamily Phycitinae, with descriptions of seven new species (Pyralidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 29(3): 147, figs. 9, 11, 14, 20, 31, 34, 35, 37. (3)

Neunzig, H.H. 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: 30, plate 1.28. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Works Cited

1.	André Blanchard (1896- 1986) Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.

2.	Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson - 1926-2002 R. W. Hodges. 2003. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57(4): 299-303.

3.	Rostrolaetilia - a new North American genus of the subfamily Phycitinae, with descriptions of seven new species (Pyralidae) André Blanchard, Douglas F. Ferguson. 1975. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 29(3): 131-150.

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part) H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 8:02pm
Last updated 3 December, 2013 - 1:07am

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