Raphiptera

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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| parent_authority = Hampson, 1896{{cite web|url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=global Pyraloidea database |publisher=Globiz.pyraloidea.org |date= |accessdate=2011-10-10}}

| taxon = Raphiptera argillaceellus

| authority = (Packard, 1867)

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms =

• Crambus argillaceellus Packard, 1867
• Crambus argillaceus Hampson, 1896
• Crambus argillaceellus minimellus Robinson, 1870
• Raphiptera argillaceella

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Raphiptera is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Raphiptera argillaceellus, the diminutive grass-veneer, which is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Labrador, Ontario, Wisconsin, Connecticut, New York, Quebec, Alberta and Michigan. The range extends to Florida and Texas in the south-east[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5393 mothphotographersgroup] and Costa Rica in Central America.[http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=52209 BOLD Systems] The habitat consists of bogs.

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/67048 Bug Guide]

The larvae probably feed on grasses.{{cite web |url=http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=2923 |title=Species Page - Raphiptera argillaceella |website=Entomology Collection |publisher=University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103075339/http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=2923 |archive-date=November 3, 2019}}