Udea turmalis
| Udea turmalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Udea |
| Species: | U. turmalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Udea turmalis (Grote, 1881) | |
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Udea turmalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Washington.[2][3]
The wingspan is 24-27 mm. Adults are pale dusty ochreous, the costa of the forewings broadly washed with blackish brown, absorbing the rather large dark discal spots. There is an exterior dotted line. and a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings have a terminal dotted line before the fringes and an extra mesial dotted line, as well as a discal dot.[4] Adults are on wing from June to September.
Subspecies
- Udea turmalis turmalis (Colorado)
- Udea turmalis catronalis Munroe, 1966 (New Mexico)
- Udea turmalis griseor Munroe, 1966 (California)
- Udea turmalis tularensis Munroe, 1966 (California)
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Revision of North American Species of Udea Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- ↑ The Canadian Entomologist Vol 13
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