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Species Aproaerema palpilineella - Hodges#2222

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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 Anacampsinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Aproaerema
Species palpilineella (Aproaerema palpilineella - Hodges#2222)
Hodges Number
2222
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aproaerema palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)
Syncopacma palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)
Gelechia palpilineella Chambers, 1875 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "lined-palps," for the "third joint of the palpi [which] is whitish, with three narrow black lines." (1)
Size
Wingspan about 11 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
Records from eastern North America. (2)
Food
Larvae reported feeding on clover (Trifolium pratense) and crownvetch (Coronilla varia). (3)
Print References
Aarvik, L., B.Å. Bengtsson, H. Elven, P. Ivinskis, U. Jürivete, O. Karsholt, M. Mutanen, N. Savenkov, 2017. Nordic-Baltic Checklist of Lepidoptera. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, Supplement 3: PDF
Chambers, V.T., 1875. Teneina of the United States. Cincinnati quarterly journal of science 2(3): 252. (1)
Works Cited
1.Teneina of the United States.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1875. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(3): 226-258.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems