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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 » Hydririni » Ommatospila » Orange Silver-Spot - Hodges#5294 (Ommatospila narcaeusalis)

Species Ommatospila narcaeusalis - Orange Silver-Spot - Hodges#5294

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Ommatospila Moth - Ommatospila narcaeusalis

Tiny orange and white moth - Ommatospila narcaeusalis

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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 Hydririni

Genus Ommatospila

Species narcaeusalis (Orange Silver-Spot - Hodges#5294)

Hodges Number

5294

Other Common Names

Ommatospila Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ommatospila narcaeusalis (Walker)

Orig. Comb: Leucochroma narcaeusalis Walker, 1859

* Phylogenetic sequence #157950.

Numbers

Monotypic genus (1)

Size

Forewing length about 7 mm.

Identification

This distinctive species is unlikely to be confused with others.

Det. M. J. Heiman, 2008

Range

Ok and LA to S. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (MPG & BG data) (+ 2 historical records from the Florida Keys (2))

Season

Aug-Jan in TX (MPG & BG data), (Two October 1955 records from Florida Keys (2))

Food

Larval host(s) is unknown.

Print References

Hodges, R.W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (1)

Walker, F. 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 799-1036 [972].

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

Moths of Jamaica

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 26 February, 2007 - 3:35pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 10 November, 2020 - 11:12am

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