Stegea salutalis

Stegea salutalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Utah.[2] In the south, the range extends to north-western Mexico.

Stegea salutalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Stegea
Species:
S. salutalis
Binomial name
Stegea salutalis
(Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Botis salutalis Hulst, 1886
  • Symphysa ochralis Haimbach, 1908

The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3] Adults exhibit considerable geographic and seasonal variation. They are on wing from April to September in two generations per year.[4]

Subspecies
  • Stegea salutalis salutalis (Oregon)
  • Stegea salutalis grisealis Munroe, 1972 (Texas)
  • Stegea salutalis ochralis (Haimbach, 1908) (Colorado)
  • Stegea salutalis riparialis Munroe, 1972 (California)

References
  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Hulst, 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13(3-4): 150
  4. Bug Guide


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