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Species Loxostegopsis polle - Hodges#5115

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5115 - Loxostegopsis polle Loxostegopsis ? - Loxostegopsis polle Crambidae? - Loxostegopsis polle Loxostegopsis polle Loxostegopsis polle Loxostegopsis polle Loxostegopsis polle Aglossa sp? - Loxostegopsis polle
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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 Steniini
Genus Loxostegopsis
Species polle (Loxostegopsis polle - Hodges#5115)

Hodges Number

5115

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Loxostegopsis polle Dyar, 1917

Size

WS: 12-15 mm. (Dyar, 1917)

Range

Texas to California and Alberta.
Holotype male from Brownsville, Texas.

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1917. Notes on North American Schnœbiinæ. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington 5 (4–6): 84.

Internet References

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (Description seems to contradict Dyar (1917).)

Works Cited

1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 April, 2014 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 13 November, 2018 - 4:20am

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