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Species Pococera tiltella - Hodges#5616

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Pococera tiltella - Hodges #5616 - Pococera tiltella - male Pococera tiltella? - Pococera tiltella - female
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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 Epipaschiinae
Genus Pococera
Species tiltella (Pococera tiltella - Hodges#5616)

Hodges Number

5616

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pococera tiltella (Hulst, 1888)
Tetralopha tiltella (Hulst, 1888)
Wanda tiltella Hulst 1888

Size

Hulst (1888) listed a wingspan of 19 mm.

11/6/2021 Ann Hendrickson: My copy of Hulst says the wingspan is 20 mm.

Identification

W. tiltella, n. sp. Expands 20 mm, Head, thorax and fore wings gray, peppered over with Ijlack scales, giving a general blackish gray color ; basal space somewhat darker than the rest of the fore wings ; at the middle of basal field a jet black cross-line not reaching costa or inner margin ; inner hue light gray, three times dentate inwardly ; at the middle of ihe middle field is another jet black cross-line extending from inner margin nearly to discal spot ; outer line straight from costa angulated outwardly, then rounded, wavy dentate, returning near inner margin, then with a single bend reaching the margin. Hind wings dark fuscous. —Texas.

Added 11/6/2021 by Ann Hendrickson

Range

Texas.
Holotype from Brownsville, Texas.

Print References

Hulst, 1888. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 7:132.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 July, 2013 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by A. Hendrickson
Last updated 6 November, 2021 - 1:33pm

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