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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Odontiinae » Odontiini » Nannobotys » Nannobotys commortalis - Hodges#4822 (Nannobotys commortalis)

Species Nannobotys commortalis - Hodges#4822

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nannobotys commortalis from Red Rock Canyon State Park - Nannobotys commortalis N. commorsalis - Nannobotys commortalis Moth - Nannobotys commortalis Moth - Nannobotys commortalis Mimoschinia rufofascialis - Nannobotys commortalis
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Nannobotys
Species commortalis (Nannobotys commortalis - Hodges#4822)
Hodges Number
4822
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nannobotys commortalis (Grote(1), 1881) (2)
Botis commortalis Grote, 1881
Numbers
Nannobotys commortalis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2), (3), (4)
Size
Grote (1881) reported a wingspan of 11 mm.
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 3.5-4.5 mm. (5)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (6)
Range
Eastern Washington to California, and Nevada. (7), (8), (9), (10), (5)
Holotype from Havilah, California, collected by Mr. Edwards.
Season
The main flight period appears to be March to June. (10)
Remarks
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the adults are diurnal, and common at flowers in March and April. (5)
See Also
Noctueliopsis sp.
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1881. New moths chiefly from Arizona. The Canadian Entomologist, 13: 233.
Munroe, E.G., 1961. Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93(24): pp. 6, 36. (2)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 21, fig. 49; p. 171. (5)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (10)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Eugene G. Munroe. 1961. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93(24): 1-93.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
7.The Lepidoptera of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar: Calculating faunal similarity among sampling sites and ...
John W. Brown, Katherine Bash. 1997. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 36: 45-78.
8.Pinnacles National Monument California Moth Checklist
9.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
10.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 October, 2013 - 11:18pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 15 May, 2016 - 9:51pm

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