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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) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Nephopteryx Series » Salebriaria Group » Salebriaria » Salebriaria pumilella - Hodges#5776 (Salebriaria pumilella)

Species Salebriaria pumilella - Hodges#5776

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Hodges#5776 - Salebriaria pumilella Salebriaria pumilella? - Salebriaria pumilella Salebriaria pumilella? - Salebriaria pumilella Salebriaria pumilella Moth - Salebriaria pumilella - male Salebriaria pumilella Sciota - Salebriaria pumilella Florida Moth - Salebriaria pumilella
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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 Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Nephopteryx Series)
No Taxon (Salebriaria Group)
Genus Salebriaria
Species pumilella (Salebriaria pumilella - Hodges#5776)

Hodges Number

5776

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Salebriaria pumilella (Ragonot, 1887)
Salebria pumilella Ragonot, 1887
Salebriaria georgiella (Hulst, 1895)

Numbers

There are 26 named species of the genus Salebriaria species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Heinrich (1956) listed a wingspan of 15-17 mm. (2)

Identification

Heinrich (1956) revised description can be viewed online from the print references. (2)

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Florida(3) and Georgia to Arkansas and Texas. (4)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to August. (1), (2), (5)
Heppner (2003) reported February to April in Florida. (4)

Food

Heinrich (1956) reported the host as unknown. (2)
Heppner (2003) reported the host as unknown. (4)
Neunzig (2003) reported Quercus virginiana (Live Oak) and possibly leaves of similar evergreen oaks. (5)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 207: 117; figs. 325, 804. (2)
Neunzig, H.H., 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 70; pl. 3.7. (5)
Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. Grandremy et Hénon, Paris, p. 8.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 November, 2013 - 8:56am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 12:12am

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