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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Flower Moths (Scythrididae) » Scythris » Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Hodges#1673 (Scythris limbella)

Species Scythris limbella - Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Hodges#1673

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Internet References
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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 Scythrididae (Flower Moths)
Genus Scythris
Species limbella (Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Hodges#1673)
Hodges Number
1673
Other Common Names
Goosefoot Owlet
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775)
Tinea limbella Fabricius, 1775
* phylogenetic sequence #048750
Size
WS≈15mm
Range
Introduced from Europe.
Food
Chenopodium and Atriplex.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
UK Moths
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 30 July, 2007 - 10:33pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 June, 2014 - 12:04pm

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