''Loxostege anartalis'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

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. It was described by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...

in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coast to coast in

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. In the west, the range extends south to

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is 20–24 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.

Subspecies

*''Loxostege anartalis anartalis'' (California) *''Loxostege anartalis albertalis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Manitoba west to the southern interior of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska) *''Loxostege anartalis lulualis'' (Hulst, 1886) (California to Quebec) *''Loxostege anartalis rainierensis'' Munroe, 1976 (Washington) *''Loxostege anartalis saxicolalis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Utah to Wyoming)

References

Moths described in 1878 Pyraustinae {{Loxostege-stub