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Species Cephimallota obscurostrigella - Cephitinea obscurostrigella - Hodges#0324

Cephitinea obscurostrigella - Cephimallota obscurostrigella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

Subfamily Myrmecozelinae

Genus Cephimallota

Species obscurostrigella (Cephitinea obscurostrigella - Hodges#0324)

Hodges Number

0324

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cephimallota obscurostrigella (Chambers, 1874)

Tinea obscurostrigella Chambers, 1874

Cephitinea longinella Zagulajev, 1964

Cephimallota obscurostrigella (Chambers, 1874) was formerly in the genus Cephitinea, n. gen. syn. in Gaedike (2019).

Size

Chambers (1874) listed a wingspan of 20.6 mm.

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to includes Pennsylvania to Florida, Illinois to Texas. (1)

Moth Photographers Group map adds California(2), Arizona(3) and Washington. (4)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January to February and October to December. (1)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larva feed on detritus. (1)

Print References

Chambers, V.T., 1874. Tineina from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist 6: 232.

Forbes, W.T.M., 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. p. 126 (5)

Gaedike, R., 2019. Tineidae II (Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae). Microlepidoptera of Europe, 9: XXIV + 248 pp., 6 pls.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)

Dalton State

Works Cited

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

2.	The Lepidoptera of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar: Calculating faunal similarity among sampling sites and ... John W. Brown, Katherine Bash. 1997. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 36: 45-78.

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

6.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 October, 2014 - 11:46pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 6:07pm

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