Raphiptera

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Raphiptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Raphiptera
Hampson, 1896 [1]
Species:
R. argillaceellus
Binomial name
Raphiptera argillaceellus
(Packard, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Crambus argillaceellusPackard, 1867
  • Crambus argillaceusHampson, 1896
  • Crambus argillaceellus minimellusRobinson, 1870
  • Raphiptera argillaceella

Raphiptera is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Raphiptera argillaceellus, the diminutive grass-veneer, which is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Labrador, Ontario, Wisconsin, Connecticut, New York, Quebec, Alberta and Michigan. The range extends to Florida and Texas in the south-east [2] and Costa Rica in Central America. [3] The habitat consists of bogs.

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. The forewings are mouse grey with a silvery white median stripe and a white chevron and a triangular patch at the wing tip. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from June to August. [4]

The larvae probably feed on grasses. [5]

Subspecies

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. BOLD Systems
  4. Bug Guide
  5. "Species Page - Raphiptera argillaceella". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019.