Genus Diastictis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

$5256 – Diastictis fracturalis – Fractured Western Snout Moth – (Zeller, 1872) - Diastictis fracturalis$ $Diastictis fracturalis$

Diastictis argyralis? - Diastictis argyralis

$Diastictis fracturalis$ $Diastictis fracturalis$ $Western fractured snout - Diastictis fracturalis$ $Diastictis fracturalis$

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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 Spilomelinae

Genus Diastictis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

sometimes misspelled "Diastictus", which is a genus of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae

Numbers

Nine species in our area. (1), (2), (3), (4)

Print References

Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 180.(1)

Monroe, E. 1956. Restriction and Revision of the Genus Diastictis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). (5)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

5.	Restriction and revision of the genus Diastictis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Eugene Munroe. 1956. The Canadian Entomologist 88: 208-228.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 November, 2006 - 8:05am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 7:58pm

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