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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Autostichidae » Glyphidocerinae » Glyphidocera » Glyphidocera democratica - Hodges#1137 (Glyphidocera democratica)

Species Glyphidocera democratica - Hodges#1137

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Glyphidocera democratica - Hodges#1137 - Glyphidocera democratica Glyphidocera democratica Glyphidocera democratica unknown moth - Glyphidocera democratica Glyphidocera democratica? - Glyphidocera democratica Unknown moth in Alabama - Glyphidocera democratica Glyphidocera democratica Moth observed 4-27-2023 10:21 pm southwest Hamilton County, Texas - Glyphidocera democratica Glyphidocera democratica
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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 Autostichidae
Subfamily Glyphidocerinae
Genus Glyphidocera
Species democratica (Glyphidocera democratica - Hodges#1137)
Hodges Number
1137
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glyphidocera democratica Meyrick, 1929
Size
Meyrick (1929) listed the ♂ 16-18 mm.
Identification
Meyrick (1929) original description is online and linked in the print references.
Range
Western Texas eastward throughout the southeastern United States. (1)
Holotypes from Alpine, Texas (7,000' elevation) and Forestburg, Texas (5,000').
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to August. (1), (2)
Print References
Meyrick, A.J., 1929. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3(17): 531.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 January, 2015 - 8:57pm

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