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Species Cosmopterix fernaldella - Hodges#1496

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Cosmopterix fernaldella? - Cosmopterix fernaldella Fernald's Cosmopterix Moth? - Cosmopterix fernaldella moth - Cosmopterix fernaldella moth - Cosmopterix fernaldella Fernald's Cosmopterix, 1496 - Cosmopterix fernaldella NMW2016 - Moth 67 - Cosmopterix fernaldella Cosmopterix - Cosmopterix fernaldella Cosmopterix fernaldella
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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)
Subfamily Cosmopteriginae
Genus Cosmopterix
Species fernaldella (Cosmopterix fernaldella - Hodges#1496)

Hodges Number

1496

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix fernaldella Walsingham, 1882
Cosmopteryx fernaldella Walsingham, 1882:

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of entomologist Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921).

Size

Forewing length 4.8-5.0 mm (1).

Identification

See description and figures here.

Range

USA: from Maine and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan south to New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Hodges, 1978 (2)), Wisconsin and Minnesota (1)
Canada: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia (1)

See Also

Cannot be separated with certainty from C. ebriola and C. scirpicola on external characters, but differs in the male and female genitalia. (1) The range of C. fernaldella does not seems to overlap at with these two species which are both more southern in distribution. Anything north of Virginia or Oregon can probably safely be called C. fernaldella.

Print References

Hodges, R.W., 1978. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 37; pl. 3.13. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World
Koster, J.C. . 2010. Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.
2.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.
Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 February, 2015 - 9:57pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, ceiseman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 22 December, 2019 - 1:22pm

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