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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 » lugubrella group (Chionodes lugubrella group) » distinctella complex (Chionodes distinctella complex) » Chionodes lictor - Hodges#2094.4 (Chionodes lictor)

Species Chionodes lictor - Hodges#2094.4

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 (lugubrella group)
No Taxon (distinctella complex)
Species lictor (Chionodes lictor - Hodges#2094.4)
Hodges Number
2094.4
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes lictor Hodges, 1999 (1)
Size
Forewing length: 7.0-7.5 mm (2).
Identification
"One of the few externally distinct species of Chionodes: the forewings are nearly shining white with black/dark-gray marks extending posteriorly from the costa just beyond base, at 1/3 length, at 2/3 length, and on the outer margin" (1).
Range
"Occurs in the Klamath Mountains in southwestern Oregon south to Sonoma County, California" (1).
Season
Records from June and July (1).
Food
Larvae feed on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (1).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 24 November, 2015 - 9:26am
Last updated 15 January, 2017 - 9:52pm

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