Loxostege anartalis
| Loxostege anartalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Loxostege |
| Species: | L. anartalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Loxostege anartalis (Grote, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Loxostege anartalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1878.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coast to coast in Canada. In the west, the range extends south to California.[2]
The wingspan is 20-24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is bluish grey, with a whitish postmedial line and a dark discal spot. The hindwings have a bluish grey ground colour and a whitish postmedial line, as well as a whitish medial area.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.
Subspecies
- Loxostege anartalis anartalis (California)
- Loxostege anartalis albertalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Manitoba west to the southern interior of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska)
- Loxostege anartalis lulualis (Hulst, 1886) (California to Quebec)
- Loxostege anartalis rainierensis Munroe, 1976 (Washington)
- Loxostege anartalis saxicolalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Utah to Wyoming)
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ [ttp://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=6365 University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum]