Species Blepharomastix potentalis - Hodges#5184 (original) (raw)

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 potentalis (Blepharomastix potentalis - Hodges#5184)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Blepharomastix potentalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)(1)

Pyrausta potentalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914

Size

Wingspan about 19 mm.

Print References

Barnes, W., McDunnouh, J. H. 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, Volume 2. p. 248,

pl. 1, fig. 22. (2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.