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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Lineostriastiria » Lineostriastiria biundulalis - Hodges#9760 (Lineostriastiria biundulalis)

Species Lineostriastiria biundulalis - Hodges#9760

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

Lineostriastiria biundulalis - Hodges #9760 - Lineostriastiria biundulalis - female

Lineostriastiria biundulalis - Hodges #9760 - Lineostriastiria biundulalis

Lineostriastiria biundulalis caterpillar - Lineostriastiria biundulalis

moth - white with thin black bands - Lineostriastiria biundulalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Lineostriastiria

Species biundulalis (Lineostriastiria biundulalis - Hodges#9760)

Hodges Number

9760

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lineostriastiria biundulalis (Zeller, 1872)

Polenta biundulalis (Zeller, 1872)

Sedenia biundulalis Zeller, 1872

Phylogenetic sequence # 931667

Size

Forewing length about 11.5 mm. (1)

Range

Western Texas.

Holotype ♀ is labeled Dallas, Texas.

Season

The adults are most common in May, and September to October.

Apparently two flights. (1)

Food

The larval host plant is unknown. (1)

-- Feeds on the flowers of Palafoxia rosea. - Contributed by Nathan C. Taylor on 29 December, 2017

See Also

Lineostriastiria sexseriata

Print References

Zeller, 1872. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 22: 502.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 July, 2013 - 12:16pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 29 December, 2017 - 11:22am

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