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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 » Gnorimoschemini » Gnorimoschema » gallaesolidaginis group (Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis group) » Gnorimoschema subterranea - Hodges#2004 (Gnorimoschema subterranea)

Species Gnorimoschema subterranea - Hodges#2004

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Gnorimoschema subterraneum - Hodges #2004 - Gnorimoschema subterranea Gnorimoschema subterraneum - Hodges #2004 - Gnorimoschema subterranea Gnorimoschema subterraneum - Hodges #2004 - Gnorimoschema subterranea
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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 Gnorimoschemini
Genus Gnorimoschema
No Taxon (gallaesolidaginis group)
Species subterranea (Gnorimoschema subterranea - Hodges#2004)
Hodges Number
2004
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnorimoschema subterranea Busck, 1911
Size
Busck (1911) listed the wingspan 12-20 mm., average 17 mm.
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length of California specimens 7.5-10.5 mm.(1)
Range
California to Colorado and the northeastern United States.
Moth Photographers Group map (2)
Holotype collected in Boston, Massachusetts, by Miss Cora H. Clarke.
Season
March, April and September records.
Food
Busck (1911) listed Aster multiflorus [Symphyotrichum ericoides] L.
Print References
Busck, A., 1911. On the gall-makingmoths on Solidago and Aster with descriptions of two new species. The Canadian Entomologist 43 (1): 5.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 10, figs. 6-7; p. 98. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 September, 2014 - 11:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 3:41pm

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