Loxostege anartalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Loxostege |
| Species: | L. anartalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxostege anartalis (Grote, 1878)
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Loxostege anartalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coast to coast in Canada. In the west, the range extends south to California.[2]
The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is bluish grey, with a whitish postmedial line and a dark discal spot. The hindwings have a bluish-grey ground colour and a whitish postmedial line, as well as a whitish medial area.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.
Subspecies
- Loxostege anartalis anartalis (California)
- Loxostege anartalis albertalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Manitoba west to the southern interior of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska)
- Loxostege anartalis lulualis (Hulst, 1886) (California to Quebec)
- Loxostege anartalis rainierensis Munroe, 1976 (Washington)
- Loxostege anartalis saxicolalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Utah to Wyoming)
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "801489.00 – 5010 – Loxostege anartalis – (Grote, 1877)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ "Species Details: Loxostege anartalis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2020.