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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) » Epipaschiinae » Pococera » Pococera baptisiella - Hodges#5619 (Pococera baptisiella)

Species Pococera baptisiella - Hodges#5619

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 baptisiella (Pococera baptisiella - Hodges#5619)
Hodges Number
5619
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pococera baptisiella (Fernald, 1887) (1)
Tetralopha baptisiella Fernald, 1887
Explanation of Names
The specific epithet refers to the host plant Baptisia.
Numbers
There are 26 species of the genus Pococera in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Fernald (1887) listed a wingspan of 22 mm.
Identification
The Fernald (1887) and Hulst (1889) descriptions are available in the print references below.
Range
Heppner (2003) includes New York to Florida, Illinois to Texas. (3)
Alberta, Canada records. (4)
Season
The adults are most common from May to September. (2)
Heppner (2003) reports March to May, and July for Florida. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) reports Baptisia sp. (wild indigo) Leguminosae. (3)
Print References
Fernald, C.H. 1887. North American Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana 3: 128.
Hulst, G.D. 1889. The Epipaschiinae of North America. Entomologica Americana 5(3): 70.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Larry Line's Moths of Maryland
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
Works Cited
1.A phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the genera of the Pococera complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)
M. Alma Solis. 1993. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101(1): 1-83.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 August, 2013 - 4:53pm
Last updated 21 January, 2014 - 9:45am

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