Species Hahncappsia mancalis - Hodges#4967

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hahncappsia mancalis - Hodges#4967 - Hahncappsia mancalis

Pennsylvania Moth - Hahncappsia mancalis

Hahncappsia larva raised to adult moth - Hahncappsia mancalis

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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 Pyraustinae

Genus Hahncappsia

Species mancalis (Hahncappsia mancalis - Hodges#4967)

Hodges Number

4967

Other Common Names

Hahncappsia mancalis Lederer, 1863

Botys mancalis Lederer, 1863

Loxostege mancalis

Size

Male wingspan: 20-24 mm (1)

Female wingspan: 22-24 mm (1)

Identification

See Capps (1967) (1)

Food

Some of the caterpillars placed here have been found on Physalis, some on Ipomoea.

See Also

H. pergilvalis is similar, but H. mancalis tends to have a much stronger and straighter subterminal line on the forewing. The H. marculenta/neomarculenta/neobliteralis complex has more diffuse markings and tends to be more translucent yellow, and the subterminal line of the hindwing is further from the outer margin(1).

Print References

Capps, H W. 1967. Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae: Pyrausinae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 13, 22 (1)

Internet References

Images and Info at Moth Photographers Group

Info and pinned specimen at Moths of Maryland

Images and Info at Barcoding Life

Works Cited

1.	Review of some species of Loxostege (Hübner) and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyrausinae) Hahn W. Capps. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3361): 1-75.

Contributed by Matthew Roth on 21 March, 2007 - 9:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, anitagould
Last updated 1 August, 2021 - 3:33pm

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