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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fruitworm Moths (Carposinoidea) » Tropical Fruitworm Moths (Copromorphidae) » Ellabella » Ellabella bayensis - Hodges#2349.1 (Ellabella bayensis)

Species Ellabella bayensis - Hodges#2349.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Carposinoidea (Fruitworm Moths)
Family Copromorphidae (Tropical Fruitworm Moths)
Genus Ellabella
Species bayensis (Ellabella bayensis - Hodges#2349.1)
Hodges Number
2349.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ellabella bayensis Heppner, 1984
Size
Forewing length: 8.2-11.0 mm
Range
California but possibly as far north as Josephine Co, Oregon based on host plant distribution, see Print References below.
Season
Flight period: January-March
Food
Mahonia pinnata (California barberry)
See Also
Ellabella johnstoni is larger and has a lighter flight.
Araeolepia subfasciella (Walsingham) has narrower ante- and postmedian lines on the forewings. (1)
Print References
Heppner, 1984. Revision of the Oriental and Nearctic genus Ellabella (Lepidoptera: Copromorphidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 23 (1): 59
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
Works Cited
1.Review of Araeolepia Walsingham, 1881 with descriptions of three new species and comments on its phylogenetic position.
J.-C. Sohn. 2016. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109(5): 796–804.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 September, 2015 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 November, 2017 - 2:47pm

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