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Species Diastictis sperryorum - Hodges#5260

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5260 - Diastictis sperryorum Diastictis ?sperryorum - Diastictis sperryorum Fractured Western Snout Moth? - Diastictis sperryorum Diastictis sperryorum ? - Diastictis sperryorum Arizona Moth - Diastictis sperryorum Diastictis fracturalis? - Diastictis sperryorum Arizona Moth - Diastictis sperryorum Diastictis robustior - Diastictis sperryorum
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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
Tribe Agroterini
Genus Diastictis
Species sperryorum (Diastictis sperryorum - Hodges#5260)

Hodges Number

5260

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diastictis sperryorum Munroe, 1956

Range

Oklahoma to southern California (1)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 23, fig. 43; p. 180

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.Restriction and revision of the genus Diastictis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
Eugene Munroe. 1956. The Canadian Entomologist 88: 208-228.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 January, 2014 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 10 April, 2023 - 7:13pm

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