Alberada parabates

Alberada parabates is a species of snout moth in the genus Alberada. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913, and is known in North America from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico.

Alberada parabates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Alberada
Species:
A. parabates
Binomial name
Alberada parabates
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitara parabates Dyar, 1913
  • Zophodia parabates

The wingspan is 35–45 mm for males and 36–48 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous with the area between the lower vein of the cell and the costal margin and from the antemedial to subterminal lines heavily dusted with white. The area between the lower vein of the cell and the inner margin and from the base to the subterminal line is suffused with ocherous fuscous. The hindwings are white and semihyaline. The costal margin is bordered with fuscous.[2]

The larvae feed on Cylindropuntia species, including Cylindropuntia imbricata.

References
  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine


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