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Crambidae
80a1008 – 5182   Blepharomastix ranalis (Guenée, 1854)
             Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix

© Jason Roberts
Similar Species:
  • 5183 Blepharomastix pseudoranalis is slightly larger; has labial palp long and beak-like, not short as in ranalis; wings paler than AZ form of ranalis
  • Blepharomastix ranalis from AZ and TX may at least in part include a cryptic species represented by BOLD BIN BOLD:ADF3182, see live image below by Charles Melton.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • ranalis Guenée 1854 (Stenia) - MONA 1983: 5182
  • archasialis Walker 1859 (Asopia)
  • datisalis Druce 1895 (Blepharomastix)
  • gracilis Grote & Robinson 1867 (Botys)
  • occidentalis Haimbach 1908 (Blepharomastix)
  • ofellusalis Walker 1859 (Botys)
  • olliusalis Walker 1859 (Botys)
  • strictalis Walker [1866] (Botys)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ADF3182 - nr. ranalis - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Lewis Scharpf
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Gretchen Grammer
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © David Bree
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Matthew Priebe
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Machele White
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Bo Zaremba
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Jason Roberts
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    DNA - nr. ranalis - AZ - © Charles W. Melton
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Jim Vargo
    Blepharomastix ranalis
    © Jim Vargo

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