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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anomologinae » Aristotelia » Aristotelia elegantella - Hodges#1736 (Aristotelia elegantella)

Species Aristotelia elegantella - Hodges#1736

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth #08-196 - Aristotelia elegantella Aristotelia elegantella Colorful Moth - Aristotelia elegantella Twirler Moth - Aristotelia elegantella Small, colorful moth - Aristotelia elegantella Small, colorful moth - Aristotelia elegantella Gelechiidae? - Aristotelia elegantella Aristotelia elegantella
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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 Anomologinae
Genus Aristotelia
Species elegantella (Aristotelia elegantella - Hodges#1736)
Hodges Number
1736
Other Common Names
Elegant Arisotelia (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aristotelia elegantella (Chambers, 1874) (2)
Gelechia elegantella Chambers, 1874 (3)
Phylogenetic sequence #420650.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "elegant."
Size
Forewing length 5.5-6.5 mm. (4)
Wingspan 13 mm. (5)
Total length 6-7 mm. (1)
Range
Ont-Miss to CA - Map (GBIF); Map (MPG)
Powell & Opler states Texas to California. Forbes states Texas to Missouri, central Illinois, and west.
Season
Apr-Oct (MPG & BG data)
Remarks
Adults come to lights, but typically only one at a time.(4)
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1874. Tineina from Texas. Canadian Entomologist 6(12): 239. (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. Univerity of California Press. pl.7.39f, p.86
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Vactor Tousey Chambers (1830-1883)
Works Cited
1.Perterson field guide to moths of southeastern North America.
Seabrooke Leckie & David Beadle. 2018. Peterson Field Guides, 652 pp.
2.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.
3.Tineina from Texas.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1874. The Canadian Entomologist, vols. 6 & 7.
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 August, 2006 - 5:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 November, 2020 - 5:50pm

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