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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 » Sarata Series » Fundella » Fundella argentina - Hodges#5726 (Fundella argentina)

Species Fundella argentina - Hodges#5726

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 (Sarata Series)
Genus Fundella
Species argentina (Fundella argentina - Hodges#5726)
Hodges Number
5726
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Fundella argentina Dyar, 1919
Phylogenetic sequence # 169500
Size
Dyar (1919) listed a wingspan of 18 mm.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Florida; Texas; West Indies; Mexico to Argentina. (1), (2)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported January to May, October, December in Florida. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the following host plants. (2)
Albizia lebbek
Bauhinia spp.
Canavalia gladiata
Cassia alata
C. bicapsularis
C. chamaecrista
C. corymbosa
C. stahlii
Crotalaria striata
Poinciana gilliesi
Remarks
Determined by Bob Patterson.

Type locality Argentina. It may be an introduced species.
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1919. Some Tropical American Phycitinae. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 7(1-3): 40.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 July, 2013 - 11:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 25 August, 2016 - 10:38am

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