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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Gelechioidea » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae

Subfamily Dichomeridinae

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Moth - Dichomeris ochripalpella Lanceolate Helcystogramma - Helcystogramma hystricella 2294.99 - Dichomeris siren - Dichomeris siren Moth - Dichomeris ligulella Brachyacma palpigera Moth - Dichomeris costarufoella Another question-mark - Dichomeris Black-edged Dichomeris - Dichomeris picrocarpa
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Dichomeridinae
Numbers
includes the genera Brachyacma, Dichomeris, Helcystogramma and probably others
Identification
abdominal sternum 2 with a pair of venulae; forewing usually with CuA1 and CuA2 stalked and directed posteriorly from end of cell; female with secondary bursa arising from corpus bursae; pupa with raised, setose, mesial or submesial prominences on opposing margins of terga 1/2, 2/3, and 3/4
[description from Mississippi State U.]
Internet References
links to pinned adult images of 8 species in 3 genera (Mississippi State U.)
key to subfamilies of Gelechiidae (Mississippi State U.; adapted from R.W. Hodges, 1999)
Contributed by tom murray on 5 August, 2005 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 15 October, 2005 - 5:04pm

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