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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Keiferia » Keiferia georgei - Hodges#2048.1 (Keiferia georgei)

Species Keiferia georgei - Hodges#2048.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References
Gelechiidae larva on Ground Cherry - Keiferia georgei - male Gelechiidae larva on Ground Cherry - Keiferia georgei - male Gelechiidae cocoon on Ground Cherry - Keiferia georgei - male Gelechiidae, lateral - Keiferia georgei - male Gelechiidae, wings - Keiferia georgei - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gnorimoschemini
Genus Keiferia
Species georgei (Keiferia georgei - Hodges#2048.1)
Hodges Number
2048.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Originally described in the genus Tildenia.
Size
Forewing length 3.3 to 4.7mm.
Identification
Examination of genital morphology is necessary for accurate determination, because of the substantial number of other gnorimoschemine spp. that are externally indistinguishable from K. georgei.
Genitalia:
Range
Midwestern USA; known from Illinois and Minnesota, but possibly extending to wherever the larval host plant occurs.
Habitat
As for the larval host plant; mainly open areas.
Season
The original series was reared from larvae collected in central Illinois in mid-August, with adults emerging in September. Larvae have been found in Minnesota in early July, with moths emerging in late July/early August.
Food
The larva is a leaf miner on Physalis heterophylla (Solanaceae).
Remarks
One of a bewildering array of gnorimoschemine spp., of various genera, that display a common color pattern.
Print References
Original description: Hodges, R. W. 1985. A new species of Tildenia from Illinois (Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(3): 151-155.
Contributed by Terry Harrison on 28 January, 2015 - 10:39pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 8:51pm

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