''Stegea salutalis'' is a
moth in the family
Crambidae. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from
Arizona,
British Columbia,
California,
Colorado,
Montana,
New Mexico,
Oregon,
Texas and
Utah. In the south, the range extends to north-western
Mexico.
The
wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults exhibit considerable geographic and seasonal variation. They are on wing from April to September in two generations per year.
Bug Guide
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Subspecies
*''Stegea salutalis salutalis'' (Oregon)
*''Stegea salutalis grisealis'' Munroe, 1972 (Texas)
*''Stegea salutalis ochralis'' (Haimbach, 1908) (Colorado)
*''Stegea salutalis riparialis'' Munroe, 1972 (California)
References
Moths described in 1886
Glaphyriinae
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