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Species Philocrotona kendalli - Hodges#5738

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Philocrotona kendalli - Hodges #5738 - Philocrotona kendalli - female Philocrotona kendalli? - Philocrotona kendalli Philocrotona kendalli? - Philocrotona kendalli Knot-horn moth: Philocrotona kendalli - Philocrotona kendalli Unknown moth - Philocrotona kendalli
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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 (Sarata Series)
Genus Philocrotona
Species kendalli (Philocrotona kendalli - Hodges#5738)

Hodges Number

5738

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Philocrotona kendalli (Blanchard, 1970)
Zamagiria kendalli Blanchard, 1970 (1)

Size

Wingspan 20-24 mm. (1)

Range

Western Texas (Brewster County).
Holotype ♂, Fort Davis, Hospital Canyon, behind historical fort (Jeff. Davis Co.), Tcxas, 5000', 11 July 1969. (1)

Season

May

Food

Blanchard, A., 1970 reported larvae on Croton fruticulosus (Engelm.), and reared to adult. (1)

Print References

Blanchard, A., 1970. Observations on some Phycitinae (Pyralidae) of Texas with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 24(4): 249, figs. 1-4. (1)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 246; pl. 7.32. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.Observations on some Phycitinae (Pyralidae) of Texas with descriptions of two new species
André Blanchard. 1970. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 24(4): 249-255.
2.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 12 July, 2013 - 10:26am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 3:05pm

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