Biology:Vitula setonella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Vitula setonella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pyralidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Vitula |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">V. setonella |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitula setonella (McDunnough, 1927)
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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
- ↑ "800247.00 – 6010 – Vitula setonella – (McDunnough, 1927)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6010. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ↑ 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
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