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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 » Litini » Argyrolacia » Argyrolacia bifida - Hodges#1779 (Argyrolacia bifida)

Species Argyrolacia bifida - Hodges#1779

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Litini
Genus Argyrolacia
Species bifida (Argyrolacia bifida - Hodges#1779)
Hodges Number
1779
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Argyrolacia bifida Keifer, 1936
Lee et al. (2008) placed in Teleiodini (1)
Lee et al. (2009) placed in Litini (2)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
California (4)
Season
Flight records from February, June through November. (4), (5), (3)
Print References
Keifer, H.H., 1936. California Department of Agriculture Bulletin 25: 243; pl. 4, f. 1a-f.
Lee, S. & R.L. Brown, 2008. Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 1818: 6, 9, 34, 39, 40, 49; figs. 33, 48, 66. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
California Moth Specimens Database
Works Cited
1.Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Sangmi Lee & Richard L. Brown (2008). 2008. Zootaxa 1818: 1–55 .
2.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2014 - 10:25am

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