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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 » Gnorimoschemini » Scrobipalpula » Scrobipalpula lycii - Hodges#2017.1 (Scrobipalpula lycii)

Species Scrobipalpula lycii - Hodges#2017.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
2017.1 Scrobipalpulopsis lycii - Scrobipalpula lycii
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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 Gnorimoschemini
Genus Scrobipalpula
Species lycii (Scrobipalpula lycii - Hodges#2017.1)
Hodges Number
2017.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scrobipalpula lycii (Povolný, 2001); n. comb. Lee, Hodges, & Brown, 2009 (1)
Scrobipalpulopsis lycii Povolný, 2001; orig. comb. Povolný, 2001 (2)
Size
Forewing length: 3.6-3.9 mm (2).
Identification
"A small, uniformly gray species lacking any distinctive forewing pattern" (2). For full description, see Powell & Povolný (2001) (2).
Range
"So far as known, S. lycii is an insular endemic, restricted to San Clemente Island" (2).
Season
Records from December, March, and April (2).
Food
Likely Lycium californicum (2).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
2.Gnorimoschemine moths of coastal dune and scrub habitats in California (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Jerry A. Powell, Dalibor Povolný. 2001. Holarctic Lepidoptera 8(1): 1-53.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 22 March, 2016 - 10:59am
Last updated 3 January, 2017 - 7:47pm

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