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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 » Udeini » Udea » Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079 (Udea rubigalis)

Species Udea rubigalis - Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Udeini
Genus Udea
Species rubigalis (Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079)
Hodges Number
5079
Other Common Names
Greenhouse Leaftier
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Udea rubigalis (Guenée, 1854)
Scopula rubigalis Guenée, 1854
Explanation of Names
rubi, -g is Latin for red, reddish (1)
Size
Expanse: 15-21 mm. (2)
Range
Throughout Canada & US, plus Central and South America. (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are common May through October on Block Island, RI, likely with several overlapping generations.(3)
Food
Larvae are polyphagous. Larval hosts include celery, cabbage, and cauliflower and many commercially grown flowers. Many weeds and native plants also. (4)
Life Cycle
1.larva 2.larva on wild aster 3.pupa 4.pupa 5.adult
Remarks
Any Udea encountered east of the Rockies and south of Quebec/Ontario can be safely called rubigalis. There are a few isolated records of other species in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, but they are rare.
See Also
Udea profundalis which is larger with a forewing length of 8.5-12 mm. (4)
Print References
Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 23, fig. 14; p. 177. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
North Carolina State U.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Revision of North American species of Udea Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
Eugene Munroe. 1966. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 98(49): 5-57.
3.Block Island Moths
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 January, 2005 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 14 June, 2022 - 2:13pm

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