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Species Chionodes braunella - Hodges#2065

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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 (braunella complex)
Species braunella (Chionodes braunella - Hodges#2065)
Hodges Number
2065
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes braunella (Keifer, 1931)
Gelechia braunella Keifer, 1931
Size
FW: 6-10 mm (1)
Range
AB and BC to CO, AZ, and CA (1)
"Hodges regarded a population in southern Ontario as conspecific." (1)
Food
Host plant: legumes (1)
Print References
Hodges, R. W., 1999. Moths of America North of Mexico. 7.6: 225; pl. 4.91-93, 5.3. (2)
Keifer, 1931. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 8: 67
Powell & Opler, 2009:96; pl. 9.27m (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
CalPhotos(5)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.CalPhotos: Animals
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 2 November, 2016 - 4:16am

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