Details for Dicranoptycha sobrina

Name: Dicranoptycha sobrina Osten Sacken, 1860 Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 218 (as Dicranoptycha) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): sororcula Osten Sacken 1860; rogersi Alexander, 1927. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Young, 1987a. Descriptive note: Synonymy: Alexander, 1943k; Young, 1987a. Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. habitus male hypopygium ovipositor Distribution: USA (Kans to Md, Pa and NJ, south to Tenn, Ala and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: NJ (Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h)), Kans (Young, 1978a), Pa (Young and Gelhaus, 2000). Biology: Young, 1978a; Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1916g; Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 18 (larvae in moderately moist, rather friable soil of open woods, citing Rogers, 1933a). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 138 (among the 45 species examined for wing interference patterns, 13 species were examined in more detail; see paper for details). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 18 (loc(s) Va, distr). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 534 m.