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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Anacampsis » Anacampsis tristrigella - Hodges#2251 (Anacampsis tristrigella)

Species Anacampsis tristrigella - Hodges#2251

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Anacampsis tristrigella - Hodges#2251 - Anacampsis tristrigella

Anacampsis tristrigella ? - Anacampsis tristrigella

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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 Anacampsis

Species tristrigella (Anacampsis tristrigella - Hodges#2251)

Hodges Number

2251

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis tristrigella (Walsingham, 1882) (1), (2)

Gelechia tristrigella Walsingham, 1882 (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #420494.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "three-streaked," for the "three contiguous white streaks" on the forewing.

Numbers

Anacampsis has 22 described species in America north of Mexico. (4)

Identification

Range

Scattered records throughout much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The records are mostly from March to July. (4)

Food

Larval host is Corylus americana (American hazelnut). (1), (2)

Print References

Busck, August 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae with descriptions of the new species. p. 851. (1)

Walsingham, Lord. 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 181. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

lepbarcoding.org

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

2.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

3.	Notes on Tineidae of North America. Lord Walsingham. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 165-204.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 June, 2010 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 March, 2018 - 4:53pm

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