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Species Loxostege thallophilalis - Hodges#5012

Pyralid sp ? - Loxostege thallophilalis Unknown Moth (Pyralid)? - Loxostege thallophilalis Sunrise Moth - Loxostege thallophilalis Loxostege thallophilalis
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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 Pyraustinae
Tribe Pyraustini
Genus Loxostege
Species thallophilalis (Loxostege thallophilalis - Hodges#5012)
Hodges Number
5012
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Loxostege thallophilalis (Hulst, 1886)
Botis thallophilalis Hulst, 1886 (justified emendation)(1)(2)
Botis thrallophilalis Hulst, 1886 (incorrect spelling, corrected in same work) (1)
Noctuelia flavifimbrialis Warren, 1892
Numbers
There are 25 species of the genus Loxostege listed for America north of Mexico. . (3), (4)
Size
Hulst (1886) listed a wingspan of 24 mm.
Range
Southern BC to MT and northern CA, in mountains, Munroe (1976).
Type locality: California.
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 13 : 154, 168.
Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2a. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 72; pl. 4.39-40. (2)
Warren, W., 1892. Descriptions of new genera and species of Pyralidae contained in the British Museum collection. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. (6) 9 (50): 174.
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new Pyralidae.
George. D. Hulst. 1886. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13: 145-168.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico - Fascicle 13.2a - Pyralidae: Pyraustinae
Eugene Munroe. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems