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Species Pseudochelaria manzanitae - Hodges#1861

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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 Gelechiini
Genus Pseudochelaria
Species manzanitae (Pseudochelaria manzanitae - Hodges#1861)
Hodges Number
1861
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudochelaria manzanitae (Keifer, 1930)
Gelechia manzanitae Keifer, 1930
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 7-9 mm.(1)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Print References
Keifer, H.H., 1930. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 7: 31; f. 3.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 8, fig. 7; p. 88. (1)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 December, 2014 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 9 December, 2017 - 2:02pm

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