Biology:Vitula setonella

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Short description: Species of moth

Vitula setonella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Vitula
Species:
V. setonella
Binomial name
Vitula setonella
(McDunnough, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Moodna setonella McDunnough, 1927
  • Manhatta setonella

Vitula setonella is a species of snout moth in the genus Vitula. It was described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1927. It is found in British Columbia, Utah, California and Arizona.[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are whitish gray, more or less dusted with blackish scales on the lower half of the wing. The hindwings are semihyaline and whitish. The veins and terminal margin are pale smoky fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "800247.00 – 6010 – Vitula setonella – (McDunnough, 1927)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6010. Retrieved November 30, 2018. 
  2. Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Checklist of American Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 207: 316–329. https://archive.org/details/bulletinunited2071956unit. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7937365 entry