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Species Pima boisduvaliella - Hodges#5746

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 (Pima Series)
Genus Pima
Species boisduvaliella (Pima boisduvaliella - Hodges#5746)

Hodges Number

5746

Other Common Names

Silver-edged knot-horn (UK)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pima boisduvaliella (Guenée, 1845)
Epischnia boisduvaliella Guenée, 1845
syn.
Anerastia farrella Curtis, 1850
Pima lefauryella Constant, 1865

Numbers

There are 9 species of the genus Pima in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

The wingspan is 22–26 mm

Range

Alberta (1)

Season

May, July. (1)

Print References

Guenée, 1845. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2) 3 : 319,
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 25; pl. 1.2. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 6:20pm

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