Crambidae
80a1417 –
5505 Xubida puritellus
(Kearfott, 1908)
|
|
|
| Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose. |
Large Map & Chart
Report Errors
About Maps
|
Description/
Field Marks: |
Sexually dimorphic with females often nearly white and lightly marked, and males much darker. |
| Genitalia: |
See Klots (1970). |
| Similar Species: |
- Eoreuma multipunctellus (Kearfott, 1908) male tends to be smaller; best separated by genitalia.
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
|
| Synonymy: |
puritellus (Kearfott, 1908) (Chilo) - MONA 1983: 5505
Type locality: Baboquivaria [sic] Mts, Pima Co., AZ.dinephelalis (Dyar, 1917) (Platytes)
Type locality: Babaquivera [sic] Mts., Pima Co., AZ. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Xubida puritellus (Kearfott, 1908) includes as a synonym dinephelalis (Dyar, 1917) in Barnes & Benjamin (1918) who noted puritellus was described from 2 females, not a female and a male as originally stated. |
|
| 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.
- Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(2): 172.
- Dyar, H.G., 1917. Seven new crambids from the United States (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 5(4-6): 85.
- Kearfott, W.D., 1908. Descriptions of new species of North American crambid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 35 (1649): 393.
- Klots, A.B., 1970. North American Crambinae: notes on the tribe Chiloini and a revision of the genera Eoreuma Ely and Xubida Schaus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 78: 120; fig. 12.
|
LG – © Hugh McGuinness
31mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
34mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
 - cotype - LG – (cc) U. S. National Museum
|
