Udea itysalis

Udea itysalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Udea
Species:	U. itysalis
Binomial name
Udea itysalis (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Scoparia itysalis Walker, 1859 Botys hyperborealis Möschler, 1874 Botys hyperboraleis Staudinger, 1892 Pionea hyperborealis f. similissima Caradja, 1916 Stantira variegata Walker, 1863 Phlyctaenia tillialis Dyar, 1904 Phlyctaenia tillialais W. P. Curtis, 1934

Udea itysalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia to Quebec, south to Colorado, California, Nevada and Arizona.^[2] It has also been recorded from the Sayan Mountains in Russia.

The wingspan is about 23 mm.^[3]

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)

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