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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Stegasta » Teaweed Moth - Hodges#2209.1 (Stegasta capitella)

Species Stegasta capitella - Teaweed Moth - Hodges#2209.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Stegasta capitella (Teaweed Moth - Hodges#2209.1) - Stegasta capitella

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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 Gelechiinae

Tribe Gelechiini

Genus Stegasta

Species capitella (Teaweed Moth - Hodges#2209.1)

Hodges Number

2209.1

Other Common Names

peanut budworm moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stegasta capitella (Fabricius, 1794)

Alucita capitella Fabricius, 1794

Numbers

There are two species of the genus Stegasta in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Forewing length about 4 mm.

Identification

The head and thorax of the adult is white. The very similar Stegasta bosquella has only the front of the head white with the rest of the head and thorax dark brown/blackish.

Range

TX, FL / W. Indies - Map (BG data)(2)(Heppner 2003)

Habitat

Stegasta capitella occurs in areas where peanuts are grown.

Season

Heppner (2003) reported February to August, October, December in Florida. (3)

Food

The larval host is peanut.

Heppner (2003) listed Sida spinosa L. (prickly fanpetals). (3)

See Also

Stegasta bosquella

Some Ethmia species have similar black and white markings.

Print References

Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3(2): 330.

Internet References

SangMi Lee's Gelechiidae collection @ Moth Photographers Group

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)

Florida Lepidoptera checklist

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 May, 2012 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 November, 2020 - 10:39am

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