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Species Chionodes mediofuscella - Black-smudged Chionodes - Hodges#2093

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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 Gelechiini

Genus Chionodes

No Taxon (obscurusella group)

No Taxon (occidentella complex)

Species mediofuscella (Black-smudged Chionodes - Hodges#2093)

Hodges Number

2093

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes mediofuscella (Clemens, 1863)

Gelechia rhedaria Meyrick, 1923

Gelechia liturosella Zeller, 1873

Depressaria fuscoochrella Chambers, 1872

Gelechia vagella Walker, 1864

Gelechia mediofuscella Clemens, 1863

Phylogenetic Sequence # 420971

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

widespread in NA (1)(2)

Food

Seeds of Giant Ragweed and probably other species (Moths of North Carolina)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of North Carolina

Moths of Maryland

Maryland Biodiversity Project

BOLD Systems

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 May, 2007 - 10:05am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 8:06pm

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