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Diminutive Grass-veneer Moth
Raphiptera argillaceellus Packard, 1868
Diminutive Grass-veneer Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/6787
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Hodges #5393 
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Raphiptera
Raphiptera argillaceellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 argillaceellus Packard, 1867
  • Crambus argillaceus Hampson, 1896
  • Crambus argillaceellus minimellus Robinson, 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. Adults are on wing from June to August.[4]

The larvae probably feed on grasses.[5]

Subspecies

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  • Raphiptera argillaceellus argillaceellus
  • Raphiptera argillaceellus minimellus (Robinson, 1870)

References

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  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.


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