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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 » Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Hodges#5182 (Blepharomastix ranalis)

Species Blepharomastix ranalis - Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Hodges#5182

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Blepharomastix ranalis 5182? - Blepharomastix ranalis

Pyralid/Crambid - Blepharomastix ranalis

Blepharomastix ranalis – Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth - Blepharomastix ranalis

Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Blepharomastix ranalis

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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 Herpetogrammatini

Genus Blepharomastix

Species ranalis (Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Hodges#5182)

Hodges Number

5182

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Blepharomastix ranalis (Guenée, 1854)

Ichthyoptila ranalis Guenee, 1854

Stenia ranalis Guenée, 1854

Taxonomic notes from Bob Patterson here.

Size

wingspan: 16-20 mm.(1)

Range

Eastern North America and across southern states to Arizona

Food

larva have been found on Woodland Goosefoot (Chenopodium standleyanum)

* usda.gov USDA plant information

Print References

Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 254. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Dalton State University - photograph of pinned adult.

Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - on central Texas checklist.

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - lists Blepharomastix ranalis datisalis as recorded from Arizona.

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Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 31 December, 2004 - 1:35pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod, Lynette Elliott, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 8:48pm

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