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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) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Neohelvibotys » Neohelvibotys arizonensis - Hodges#4978 (Neohelvibotys arizonensis)

Species Neohelvibotys arizonensis - Hodges#4978

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

Moth species - Neohelvibotys arizonensis

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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 Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Neohelvibotys

Species arizonensis (Neohelvibotys arizonensis - Hodges#4978)

Hodges Number

4978

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neohelvibotys arizonensis (Capps, 1967)

Loxostege arizonensis Capps, 1967 (1)

Size

Wingspan: (1)

♂ 20-24 mm.

♀ 19-24 mm.

Identification

Range

Capps (1967) reported the range as Arizona, Mexico. (2), (3), (1)

Season

Capps (1967) reported adults from July to September in Arizona; May to June in Mexico. (1)

Food

Larval host plant is unknown. (1)

See Also

Neohelvibotys polingi has less sharply defined shading along the outer margins of both the forewing and hindwing. (1)

Print References

Capps, H.W. 1967. Review of some species of Loxostege Hübner and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 120(3561): 6 , figs. 11, 64, 112. (1)

Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2a, p. 49, pl. 3.59-60. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (2)

Works Cited

1.	Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae) Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.

2.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico - Fascicle 13.2a - Pyralidae: Pyraustinae Eugene Munroe. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 8:34pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:48pm

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