Loxostege anartalis

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]

Loxostege anartalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Loxostege
Species:
L. anartalis
Binomial name
Loxostege anartalis
(Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Eurycreon anartalis Grote, 1878
  • Botis lulualis Hulst, 1886

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
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "801489.00 – 5010 – Loxostege anartalis – (Grote, 1877)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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