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Species Hellula aqualis - Hodges#4849

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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 Glaphyriinae

Genus Hellula

Species aqualis (Hellula aqualis - Hodges#4849)

Hodges Number

4849

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hellula aqualis Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1914 (2)

Size

Barnes & McDunnough (1914) listed a wingspan of 16 mm. (2)

Identification

Barnes & McDunnough (1914) original description is online. (2)

The females are much paler and without the bolder maculation of the males.

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Southern California to western Texas and possibly western Colorado. (4)

Holotype ♂ from Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (September). (2)

Holotype ♀ from Redington, Arizona. (2)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1914. Some new North American Pyraustinae. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 2(6): 228; pl. 1, fig. 6. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

2.	Some new North American Pyraustinae W. Barnes, J. H. McDunnough . 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2(6): 224-250.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 April, 2014 - 2:13pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 6:40pm

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