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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Oecophora » Oecophora bractella - Hodges#1069.1 (Oecophora bractella)

Species Oecophora bractella - Hodges#1069.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)

Subfamily Oecophorinae

Tribe Oecophorini

Genus Oecophora

Species bractella (Oecophora bractella - Hodges#1069.1)

Hodges Number

1069.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oecophora bractella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena (Tinea) bractella Linnaeus, 1758

Phylogenetic sequence # 030725

Explanation of Names

bracte - Latin for a thin metal plate (1)

Numbers

1 Nearctic sp. (introduced)

Size

Wingspan 12-16 mm

Range

Introduced to Washington-British Columbia.

The ﬁrst North America specimen collected with a blacklight trap in Seattle, Washington on June 30, 1998. (2)

Found throughout Europe, but is rare to uncommon. (2)

Season

May-Aug (2)

Food

Larvae are associated with fungi in rotting wood. (2)

Life Cycle

Adults active in early morning sunshine.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

U.K. Moths

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	First report of Oecophora bractella (L.) (Oecophoridae) in North America Merrill A. Peterson, Eric H. Lagasa, Steven Passoa, Gaden S. Robinson, David Holden. 2007. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 61(3): 165–171.

Contributed by Sean McCann on 12 July, 2007 - 10:26am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 24 April, 2013 - 8:22pm

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