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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 » Battaristis » Battaristis nigratomella - Hodges#2227 (Battaristis nigratomella)

Species Battaristis nigratomella - Hodges#2227

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · 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 Anacampsinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Battaristis
Species nigratomella (Battaristis nigratomella - Hodges#2227)
Hodges Number
2227
Other Common Names
Black-faced twirler (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Battaristis nigratomella (Clemens, 1863)
Gelechia nigratomella Clemens, 1863 (2)
Aproaerma nigratomella (3)
Gelechia apicilineella Clemens, 1863 (4)
Parasia apici-strigella Chambers, 1872 (5)
Phylogenetic sequence #420468.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "small black spot."
Size
Total length 5-6 mm. (1)
Range
Western North Carolina west to Oklahoma, south to northern Florida and Louisiana. (1) MPG records indicate a wider range into southeastern Canada, the Pacific Northwest, California and Arizona. (6)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1863. American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2(1): 11. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
BOLD Systems
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)
Works Cited
1.Perterson field guide to moths of southeastern North America.
Seabrooke Leckie & David Beadle. 2018. Peterson Field Guides, 652 pp.
2.American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1863. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2(1): 4-14.
3.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.
4.American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1863. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2(2): 119-129.
5.Micro-lepidoptera.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1872. The Canadian Entomologist 4(1-12): 7-12,25-29,41-44,65-69,88-92,106-108,126-133,146-150,169-175,191-195,206-209,221-226.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2007 - 5:39am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 April, 2018 - 3:35pm

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