Arivaca ostreella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Arivaca
Species:
A. ostreella
Binomial name
Arivaca ostreella
Synonyms
  • Saluria ostreella Ragonot, 1887
  • Peoria discostrigella Dyar, 1904

Arivaca ostreella is a species of snout moth described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in the US from southern Arizona through New Mexico to Texas.[3]

The wingspan is about 25 mm.[4] The cell on the forewings is brownish orange and the ground color is yellow or light orange posterior to the cell. The hindwings are light brown in both sexes. Adults are on wing in July.

References

  1. ↑ "Arivaca Shaffer, 1968" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Bulletin - United States National Museum". Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. ↑ Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January 2008 - 4:36pm (2008-01-26). "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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