Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Strobisia » Strobisia proserpinella - Hodges#2254 (Strobisia proserpinella)

Species Strobisia proserpinella - Hodges#2254

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Iridescent Strobisia Moth – 2254 – Left Lateral - Strobisia proserpinella Moth - Iridescent Strobisia Moth – 2254 - Dorsal - Strobisia proserpinella 2254 - Strobisia proserpinella Moth? - Strobisia proserpinella Twirler Moth - Strobisia proserpinella Iridescent Strobisia? - Strobisia proserpinella Unknown moth - Strobisia proserpinella No. 343 Strobisia proserpinella? - Strobisia proserpinella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Strobisia
Species proserpinella (Strobisia proserpinella - Hodges#2254)
Hodges Number
2254
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strobisia proserpinella Frey & Boll, 1878 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #420497.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the Roman goddess Proserpina.
Range
BugGuide records from Missouri and Iowa, south to South Carolina and Texas.
Type location: Dallas, Texas (Boll).
Remarks
The BIN at Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2) for this species may be BOLD:AAJ4626. The examples in that BIN are shown on the Strobisia iridipennella species page.
Print References
Frey H. & J. Boll, 1878. Tineen aus Texas. Entomologische Zeitung 39(7-9): 251. (1)
Walsingham, Lord, 1910. Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralidina and Hepialina (part). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera.. 4: 80-81. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
Heinrich Frey (1822-1890)
Jacob Boll (1828-1880)
Works Cited
1.Tineen aus Texas.
Heinrich Frey & Jacob Boll. 1878. Entomologische Zeitung 39(7-9): 249-279.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, Pyralidina and Hepialina (part).
Lord Walsingham. 1915. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera 4: 1-482.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 25 May, 2016 - 9:50am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 April, 2018 - 11:11am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact