Species Dichomeris fistuca - Hodges#2295.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Dichomeridinae

Genus Dichomeris

Species fistuca (Dichomeris fistuca - Hodges#2295.1)

Hodges Number

2295.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichomeris fistuca Hodges, 1986

Phylogenetic sequence #420530

Explanation of Names

Specific name fistuca is Latin meaning "piledriver."

Range

Records from the southeastern United States and Minnesota. (1), (2)

Holotype ♂ collected Wedge Plantation, McClellanville, South Carolina (27 April 1981). (3)

See Also

Dichomeris inserrata

Print References

Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II 2004. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 57 (PDF) (3)

Hodges, R.W. 1986. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1: p.68, pl.1.25 (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Lepidoptera of the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida Marc C. Minno. 1992. Florida Entomologist 75: 297-329.

3.	Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and... Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

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Last updated 25 June, 2020 - 6:37pm

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