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Crocidophora Lederer, 1863
Crocidophora Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (11): 386, TS: Crocidophora tuberculalis Lederer
Monocrocis Warren, 1895; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16 : 475, TS: Hapalia flavofasciata Moore
= ; Hampson, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 191; [GlobIZ]
Crocidosema ; Lederer, 1863, 277 (missp.?)
Crocidophora (Pyraustini) ; [MNA13.2, 20]; [NACL, 70]
Crocidophora (Pyraustinae) ; Hampson, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 191; [GlobIZ]


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The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.



Crocidophora pustuliferalis Lederer, 1863
Virginia - N.Florida, Louisiana, NW.Arkansas. See [About maps] Crocidophora pustuliferalis Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (11): 386, (12): 477, pl. 12, f. 11, TL: North America
Crocidophora pustuliferalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Crocidophora pustuliferalis, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Crocidophora pustuliferalis ; [MNA13.2: 21, pl. 2, f. 7-9]; [NACL, #4943]

Larva on Arundinaria spp., Arundinaria macrosperma [MNA13.2, 21]


Crocidophora serratissimalis Zeller, 1872
S.Quebec - Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin. See [About maps] Crocidophora serratissimalis Zeller, 1872; Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 22 : 521, TL: Massachusetts
Botis subdentalis Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1 : 173, TL: [vicin. Buffalo] New York
= ; [MNA13.2, 22]; [NACL, #4944]
Crocidophora serratissimalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Crocidophora serratissimalis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Crocidophora serratissimalis, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Crocidophora serratissimalis ; [MNA13.2: 21, pl. 2, f. 10-12, pl. B, f. 1, pl. L, f. 9]; [NACL, #4944]

Larva on (reared) Leersia oryzoides [MNA13.2, 22]


Crocidophora tuberculalis Lederer, 1863
Quebec - to (Missouri - N.Florida). See [About maps] Crocidophora tuberculalis Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (11): 386, (12): 476, pl. 12, f. 9, TL: Tennessee
Crocidophora tuberculalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Crocidophora tuberculalis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Crocidophora tuberculalis, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
C. tuberculalis, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Crocidophora tuberculalis ; [MNA13.2: 22, pl. 2, f. 4-6]; [NACL, #4945]

Crocidophora curvilinealis Hampson, 1899
Khasis. See [About maps] Crocidophora curvilinealis Hampson, 1899; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 192, TL: Khasis

Crocidophora flavofasciata (Moore, 1888)
NE.India. See [About maps] Hapalia flavofasciata Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 223, pl. 7, f. 19, TL: Darjiling

Crocidophora fasciata (Moore, 1888)
NE.India. See [About maps] Hapalia fasciata Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 223, pl. 7, f. 20, TL: Darjiling

Crocidophora distinctalis Swinhoe, 1894²
Assam. See [About maps] distinctalis Swinhoe, 1894²; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (80) : 144


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[GlobIZ]
Global information system on pyraloidea; GlobIZ; Globales Informtationssystem Zünslerfalter; Note This information is not automatically synchronized with GlobIZ and can sometimes be lagging behind.
[Lynn Scott]
Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
[MNA13.2]
Munroe, 1976; The Moths of America North of Mexico: (A) 1-78, pl. 1-4, A-H, (B) 79-150, pl. 5-8, J-U; Fascicle 13.2 (A + B); PYRALOIDEA; Pyralidae (Part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Grote, 1873
Kleiner beitrag zur kenntniss einiger Nordamerikanischer Lepidopteren Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1 : 168-174
Hampson, 1899
A revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae. Part 2 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 172-291
Lederer, 1863
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyralidinen Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (8): 243-280, (10): 331-378, (11): 379-426, (12): 427-502, pl. 2-18
Moore, 1888
Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 1-88, pl. 1-3 (1879), (2): 89-198, pl. 4-5 (1882), (3): 199-299, pl. 6-8 (1888)
Swinhoe, 1894
New Species of Geometers and Pyrales from the Khasia Hills Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (80) : 135-148
Warren, 1895
New Genera and Species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae and Epiplemidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16 : 460-477
Zeller, 1872
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfälter, besonders der Microlepidopteren (1) Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 22 : 447-566, pl. 2-3


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