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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 » Pricklypear Borer (Melitara) » Melitara apicigrammella - Hodges#5971.3 (Melitara apicigrammella)

Species Melitara apicigrammella - Hodges#5971.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Melitara apicigrammella - Hodges #5971.3 - Melitara apicigrammella - male
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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 Melitara (Pricklypear Borer)
Species apicigrammella (Melitara apicigrammella - Hodges#5971.3)
Hodges Number
5971.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melitara apicigrammella Blanchard & Knudson, 1985 (1)
Size
Blanchard & Knudson (1985) listed the forewing length: (1)
♂ 10.4-11.8 mm.
♀ 10.1-12 mm.
Identification
The only Melitara with short black longitudinal lines in the terminal area of the forewing. The other species have black dots in the terminal area. (2)
Range
The species is only known from Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, and Terrell County, Texas. (3), (2)
Season
Adults have been collected April to June, and August-September. (2)
Food
Blanchard & Knudson (1985) did not mention a host plant. Many of the Melitara are cactus feeders.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (4)
Print References
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson, 1985. New species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Texas, with description of a new genus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 87: 231, figs. 1-7. (1)
Neunzig, H.H., 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: p. 56; pl. 2.8. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Mississippi Entomological Museum
Works Cited
1.New species of phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Texas, with description of a new genus
André Blanchard & Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87:231-238.
2.The Moths of North America north of Mexico. Fascicle 15.4. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part)
H. H. Neunzig. 1997. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Insect species described from Big Bend National Park
Arnold F. Van Pelt. 2002. Insecta Mundi, 16(1-3): 125-145.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 July, 2013 - 7:29pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 3:05pm

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