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Species Scythris limbella - Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Hodges#1673

Representative Images

Moth - Scythris limbella Coleophoridae: Scythris limbella - Scythris limbella Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Scythris limbella Scythris limbella - Chenopodium Scythris Moth - Scythris limbella Small moth (??) - Scythris limbella Scythris limbella Small moth on shingle - Scythris limbella Scythris limbella
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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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