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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Herpetogrammatini » Blepharomastix » Blepharomastix haedulalis - Hodges#5186 (Blepharomastix haedulalis)

Species Blepharomastix haedulalis - Hodges#5186

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 Herpetogrammatini
Genus Blepharomastix
Species haedulalis (Blepharomastix haedulalis - Hodges#5186)

Hodges Number

5186

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Blepharomastix haedulalis (Hulst, 1886)
Botis haedulalis Hulst, 1886

Size

Hulst (1886) listed a wingspan of 22 mm.

Identification

Hulst (1886) original description as Botis haedulalis is online in the print references.
"Fore wings fuscous, very thinly scaled; basal line broken into dots; outer line fine, sharply and strongly dentate, and after the Botis pattern; orbicular and reniform black; marginal line fine, black; hind wings pale fuscous pellucid; beneath, same color as above, with lines faintly reflected."

Range

Central, western and southern Texas. (1)

Season

April records.

Food

Unknown.

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 13: 152.

Internet References

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

Works Cited

1.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 April, 2014 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 8:44pm

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