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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 » Hileithia » Hileithia magualis - Hodges#5187 (Hileithia magualis)

Species Hileithia magualis - Hodges#5187

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

marked yellow pyraloidean moth - Hileithia magualis

Hileithia magualis - Hodges #5187 - Hileithia magualis

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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

Genus Hileithia

Species magualis (Hileithia magualis - Hodges#5187)

Hodges Number

5187

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hileithia magualis (Guenée, 1854)

Isopteryx magualis Guenée, 1854

Blepharomastix magualis

Samea medealis Walker, 1859

Botys belusalis Walker, 1859

Asopia curtalis Walker, [1866]

* phylogenetic sequence #155025

Size

Wingspan about 15 mm

Range

AZ, sc. US, FL - Map (MPG)

Remarks

Blepharomastix magualis, aplicalis, rehamalis, and differentialis were transferred to Hileithia in Munroe (1995a). (1)

Print References

Boisduval, J. A. & A. Guenée 1854. Deltoides et Pyralites. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 230

Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 230, pl. 9 fig. 6. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.

Munroe EG. (1995a) Crambidae (Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Cybalomiinae, Linostinae, Glaphyriinae, Dichogaminae, Scopariinae, Musotiminae, Midilinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Evergestinae, Pyraustinae). In: Heppner JB. (Ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea – Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea 3 Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, 60–79.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (2)

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

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 February, 2007 - 4:48pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 30 November, 2020 - 10:25am

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