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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Peleopodinae » Durrantia » Durrantia piperatella - Hodges#1010 (Durrantia piperatella)

Species Durrantia piperatella - Hodges#1010

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Grass Miner Moth - Durrantia piperatella Moth observed 4-12-2019 10:19 pm south Tarrant County, Texas - Durrantia piperatella curved-horn moth - Durrantia piperatella curved-horn moth - Durrantia piperatella curved-horn moth - Durrantia piperatella Durrantia piperatella - male Durrantia piperatella - male Durrantia piperatella - male
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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 Depressariidae
Subfamily Peleopodinae
Genus Durrantia
Species piperatella (Durrantia piperatella - Hodges#1010)
Hodges Number
1010
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Durrantia piperatella (Zeller, 1873)
Cryptolechia piperatella Zeller 1873
* phylogenetic sequence #029125
Explanation of Names
piperatella - Latin for 'little peppered' (1)
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Identification
D. piperatella may be immaculate or have dark macules on the dorsal forewing. (Ed Knudson, pers. comm. 2012)
Range
Hodges (1974) reported the range as follows: "Ethel, in southeast Arkansas south and west to Brewster County, Texas."(3)
Season
Apr-Aug - MPG
See Also
D. amabilis is yellow and usually unmarked. D. piperatella may be immaculate or have dark macules on the dorsal forewing. (Ed Knudson, pers. comm. 2012)
Print References
Hodges, R.W. 1974. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p.96; pl.A.5-6 (3)
Zeller, P.Z. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 239-240
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
BAMONA
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 30 pp., 18 plates.
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 August, 2012 - 5:04am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 1:17pm

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