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Cosmopterix dapifera - Hodges#1479 (Cosmopterix dapifera)
Species
Cosmopterix dapifera
- Hodges#1479
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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
Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)
Subfamily
Cosmopteriginae
Genus
Cosmopterix
Species
dapifera
(Cosmopterix dapifera - Hodges#1479)
Hodges Number
1479
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cosmopterix dapifera
Hodges, 1962
Size
3.6-3.8 mm
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1
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Identification
See description and figures
here
.
Range
From Tennessee and northwest Arkansas south to central Florida and south-central Arizona (Hodges, 1978
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2
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)
(
1
)
. Also occurs in North Carolina.
Season
July to September and January
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1
)
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Print References
Moth Photographers Group
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3
)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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4
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Works Cited
1.
The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World
Koster, J.C. . 2010. Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.
2.
The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.
Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.
3.
North American Moth Photographers Group
4.
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by
Kyhl Austin
on 1 December, 2016 - 7:33pm
Last updated 17 December, 2016 - 10:20pm