Raphiptera
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| Raphiptera | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Raphiptera Hampson, 1896[1] |
| Species: | R. argillaceellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Raphiptera argillaceellus (Packard, 1867)
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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
[edit | edit source]- Raphiptera argillaceellus argillaceellus
- Raphiptera argillaceellus minimellus (Robinson, 1870)
References
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- ^ Bug Guide
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