Arivaca ostreella

Arivaca ostreella is a species of snout moth described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in the US from southern Arizona through New Mexico to Texas.[3]

Arivaca ostreella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Arivaca
Species:
A. ostreella
Binomial name
Arivaca ostreella
Synonyms
  • Saluria ostreella Ragonot, 1887
  • Peoria discostrigella Dyar, 1904

The wingspan is about 25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing in July.

References
  1. "Arivaca Shaffer, 1968" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  3. "Bulletin - United States National Museum". Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January 2008 - 4:36pm (2008-01-26). "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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