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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 » Gelechiini » Chionodes » obscurusella group (Chionodes obscurusella group) » occidentella complex (Chionodes occidentella complex) » Black-smudged Chionodes - Hodges#2093 (Chionodes mediofuscella)

Species Chionodes mediofuscella - Black-smudged Chionodes - Hodges#2093

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Chionodes
No Taxon (obscurusella group)
No Taxon (occidentella complex)
Species mediofuscella (Black-smudged Chionodes - Hodges#2093)
Hodges Number
2093
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes mediofuscella (Clemens, 1863)
Gelechia rhedaria Meyrick, 1923
Gelechia liturosella Zeller, 1873
Depressaria fuscoochrella Chambers, 1872
Gelechia vagella Walker, 1864
Gelechia mediofuscella Clemens, 1863
Phylogenetic Sequence # 420971
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
widespread in NA (1)(2)
Food
Seeds of Giant Ragweed and probably other species (Moths of North Carolina)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of North Carolina
Moths of Maryland
Maryland Biodiversity Project
BOLD Systems
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 May, 2007 - 10:05am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 8:06pm

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