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Species Comadia suaedivora - Alkali blite borer moth - Hodges#2680

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Moth - Comadia suaedivora
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Subfamily Cossinae
Genus Comadia
Species suaedivora (Alkali blite borer moth - Hodges#2680)

Hodges Number

2680

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Comadia suaedivora Brown & Allen, 1973

Numbers

Size

Brown (1975) listed the forewing length (1)
♂ 12-16 mm.
♀ 12-17 mm.

Identification

Brown (1975) revised description is in PDF. (1)

Range

Brown (1975) reported the species from San Joaquin Valley in California. (1)
Holotype from California, Tulare Co., Tipton.

Season

Brown (1975) reported May to June. (1)
Moth Photographers Group shows a flight period of April to June. (2)

Food

Brown & Allen (1973) reported the larvae feed on the crowns and roots of Suaeda fruticosa (L.) Forsk.

Print References

Brown & Allen, 1973. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 49 (3): 241
Brown, R.M., 1975. A revision of the North American Comadia (Cossidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14(4): p. 197; fig.2; map 1.
(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.A revision of the North American Comadia (Cossidae)
Richard M. Brown. 1975. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 14(4): 189-212.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 7:51pm
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:28pm

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