Species Promalactis suzukiella - Suzuki's Promalactis Moth - Hodges#1047.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Pretty little moth - Promalactis suzukiella

suzuki's promalactis - Promalactis suzukiella

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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 Promalactis

Species suzukiella (Suzuki's Promalactis Moth - Hodges#1047.1)

Hodges Number

1047.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Promalactis suzukiella (Matsumura)

Orig. Comb: Borkhausenia suzukiella Matsumura, 1931

* phylogenetic sequence #030150

Size

Forewing length 4.5-7 mm.

Range

e US, mostly still e. of the Mississippi (BG data); Native to Korea, Japan and Taiwan (Adamski et al. 2009)

Season

mostly May - Sept. (BG data)

Food

Larvae found under bark of rotting logs of chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), and oak (Quercus sp.) (Adamski et al. 2009)

Remarks

first US records in the ne US, ca. 2004 (Adamski et al. 2009)

Print References

Adamski, D., G. Hevel & A. Pultyniewicz. 2009. Redescription and Immature Stages of Promalactis suzukiella (Matsumura) (Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), A New Introduction into the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(1): 204–214. (PDF)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Contributed by Mike Boone on 27 July, 2007 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 August, 2023 - 1:22am

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