# Raphiptera

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***Raphiptera*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae). It contains only one species, ***Raphiptera argillaceellus***, the **diminutive grass-veneer**, which is found in eastern [North America](/source/North_America), where it has been recorded from [Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) and [Michigan](/source/Michigan). The range extends to [Florida](/source/Florida) and [Texas](/source/Texas) in the south-east[2] and [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) in [Central America](/source/Central_America).[3] The habitat consists of bogs.

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[4]

The larvae probably feed on grasses.[5]

## Subspecies

- *Raphiptera argillaceellus argillaceellus*
- *Raphiptera argillaceellus minimellus* (Robinson, 1870)

## References

1. ["global Pyraloidea database"](http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx). Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

1. [mothphotographersgroup](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5393)

1. [BOLD Systems](http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=52209)

1. [Bug Guide](http://bugguide.net/node/view/67048)

1. ["Species Page - *Raphiptera argillaceella*"](http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=2923). *Entomology Collection*. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191103075339/http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=2923) November 3, 2019 at the Wayback Machine.

- [Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=crambidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS)

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