''Udea itysalis'' is a
moth
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in the family
Crambidae. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
British Columbia
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to
Quebec
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, south to
Colorado
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,
California
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,
Nevada
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and
Arizona
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. It has also been recorded from the
Sayan Mountains
The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
in
Russia
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.
The
wingspan
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is about 23 mm.
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Subspecies
*''Udea itysalis itysalis''
*''Udea itysalis albimontanensis'' Munroe, 1966 (Arizona, New Mexico)
*''Udea itysalis clarkensis'' Munroe, 1966 (southern Nevada, California)
*''Udea itysalis durango'' Munroe, 1966 (Colorado, Utah)
*''Udea itysalis kodiakensis'' Munroe, 1966 (Alaska)
*''Udea itysalis marinensis'' Munroe, 1966 (California: San Francisco Bay region)
*''Udea itysalis mertensialis'' Munroe, 1966 (Nova Scotia)
*''Udea itysalis rindgeorum'' Munroe, 1966 (Utah)
*''Udea itysalis tillialis'' (Dyar, 1904) (British Columbia)
*''Udea itysalis wasatchensis'' Munroe, 1966 (central Utah)
References
Moths described in 1859
itysalis
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