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Species Anacampsis coverdalella - Coverdale's Anacampsis - Hodges#2234

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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Anacampsis
Species coverdalella (Coverdale's Anacampsis - Hodges#2234)
Hodges Number
2234
Explanation of Names
named in honor of G. Coverdale, who collected the type specimen in Louisiana
Size
wingspan about 10 mm, based on photo of specimen by Jim Vargo
Identification
Adult: forewing light brownish-orange or yellow except for apical one-third and small area at base which are blackish; hindwing gray; head and anterior part of thorax blackish
Range
New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas
Internet References
live adult images by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult image (Mississippi State U.)
pinned adult image (All-Leps)
pinned adult image by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
distribution list of boundary states (Dalton State College, Georgia)
type specimen location and collector; PDF doc (mapress.com)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 June, 2006 - 2:30am

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