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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Anacampsis » Anacampsis paltodoriella - Hodges#2245 (Anacampsis paltodoriella)

Species Anacampsis paltodoriella - Hodges#2245

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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 Anacampsinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Anacampsis
Species paltodoriella (Anacampsis paltodoriella - Hodges#2245)
Hodges Number
2245
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anacampsis paltodoriella Busck, 1903 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #420487.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the genus Paltodora Meyrick. Busck compares this new species to the Paltodora striatella group (=Isophrictis striatella).
Size
Wingspan: ~13mm (2). Busck (1903) mistakenly lists the wingspan at 3mm, which would make it among the smallest lepidopterans in the world!
Identification
See original description in print reference below.
Range
Records from California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (3), (4), Montana (5), Alberta (6), plus a record from Colorado here on BugGuide.
Busck specimen: Mesilla Park, New Mexico (Prof. T.D.A. Cockerell). (1)
Season
Records from May to October (3) (5) (6).
Print References
Busck, A., 1903. A Revision of the American Moths of the Family Gelechiidae, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25(1304): 848. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
August Busck (1870-1944)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.
2.Wikipedia
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fauna Project, Austin, TX
5.Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary
6.An Annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 7 October, 2015 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 March, 2018 - 2:02pm

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