Palpita kimballi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Palpita |
Species: | P. kimballi |
Binomial name | |
Palpita kimballi Munroe, 1959 | |
Palpita kimballi, or Kimball's palpita moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1959. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. [2]
The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The forewings are semi-translucent satin white, with a narrow orange streak along the costa. [3] Adults are mainly on wing from July to October.
The species is named for Charles P. Kimball, the author of The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.
Xanthophysa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964. It contains only one species, Xanthophysa psychialis, the xanthophysa moth, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.
Elophila atlantica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia, Florida, Maine, Maryland and South Carolina.
Elophila tinealis, the black duckweed moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Michigan, Ontario and New York, south to Florida and west to Texas. The habitat consists of swamps and wet woods.
Petrophila canadensis, the Canadian petrophila moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Canada and the north-eastern United States.
Lipocosma septa, the exposed lipocosma moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Undulambia rarissima is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida.
Anania leuschneri is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Carolina and Florida.
Deuterophysa fernaldi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1983. It is found in Cuba and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida.
Pyrausta pseudonythesalis, the Shasta pyrausta moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Eudonia spenceri is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Arizona to Montana and British Columbia.
Scoparia dominicki is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia.
Diastictis pseudargyralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1956. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, South Carolina and West Virginia.
Palpita aenescentalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1952. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Palpita persimilis, the olive shootworm moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1959. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Palpita cincinnatalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1952. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Illinois and Ohio.
Palpita freemanalis, or Freeman's palpita moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1952. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Palpita quadristigmalis, the four-spotted palpita moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec and Ontario to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Colorado.
Udea washingtonalis, the Washington udea moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska, British Columbia, California, Montana and Washington.
Menestomorpha kimballi is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1964. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida.