Hahncappsia neobliteralis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Hahncappsia |
Species: | H. neobliteralis
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Binomial name | |
Hahncappsia neobliteralis (Capps, 1967)
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Hahncappsia neobliteralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hahn William Capps in 1967.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.[2]
The wingspan is 18–24 mm for males and 22–23 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to September.[3]
The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120 (3561)
- ^ Hahncappsia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms