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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae) » Cosmopteriginae » Eteobalea » Eteobalea iridella - Hodges#1510 (Eteobalea iridella)

Species Eteobalea iridella - Hodges#1510

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Stagmatophora iridella #1 - Eteobalea iridella

Cosmet moth from Big Bend, Texas - Eteobalea iridella

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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 Eteobalea

Species iridella (Eteobalea iridella - Hodges#1510)

Hodges Number

1510

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eteobalea iridella (Busck, 1907)

Stagmatophora iridella (Busck, 1907)

Mompha iridella Busck, 1907

Stagmatophora niphochrysa Meyrick, 1930

Size

Forewing length: 3.5-6.5 mm (1).

Identification

"Shining yellow tan to bronze brown with raised, metallic golden spots and three white spots along the costa, the preapical one most prominent" (1).

Range

Eastern Washington to southern California and western Texas (1).

Season

July in Washington, February to August in California, and late May in Texas (2).

Food

Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolatum) (1)

Life Cycle

"The larvae cause irregular swellings in the root crowns" of their host, vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolatum) (1).

Print References

Busck, A. 1907. New American Tineina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 8(3-4): 96. (3)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

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.	New American Tineina August Busck. 1907. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 8: 86-99.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 27 January, 2017 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 17 December, 2022 - 8:45pm

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