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Species Arispe cestalis - Hodges#5534

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 Pyralinae
Tribe Hypotiini
Genus Arispe
Species cestalis (Arispe cestalis - Hodges#5534)

Hodges Number

5534

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arispe cestalis (Hulst, 1886)
Uscodys cestalis (Hulst, 1886) (1)
Anerastia cestalis Hulst, 1886
Uscodys atalis Dyar, 1908 - Synonymized with Arispe cestalis by Shaffer and Solis (1995) (2)

Size

Hulst (1886) listed a wingspan of 25 mm.

Identification

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

Range

California and Arizona to Colorado.
Holotype ♀ from Colorado.

Season

March to April; July and August records located.

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1908. A review of the North American Pyralinae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 10: 102. (1)
Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13: 164.

Internet References

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

Works Cited

1.A review of the North American Pyralinae
H. G. Dyar. 1908. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 10: 97-102.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 April, 2014 - 8:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 11 December, 2022 - 10:33am

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