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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasidae) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasinae) » Blastobasini » Pigritia » murtfeldtella complex (Pigritia murtfeldtella complex) » Pigritia murtfeldtella - Hodges#1246 (Pigritia murtfeldtella)

Species Pigritia murtfeldtella - Hodges#1246

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
An Unidentified Blastobasinae sp. - Pigritia murtfeldtella Blastobasid - Pigritia murtfeldtella Unknown Micromoth - Pigritia murtfeldtella unknown micromoth #6 - Pigritia murtfeldtella Pigritia - Pigritia murtfeldtella Pigritia murtfeldtella Holcocera chalcofrontella - Pigritia murtfeldtella Blastobasis? - Pigritia murtfeldtella
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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 Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)
Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)
Tribe Blastobasini
Genus Pigritia
No Taxon (murtfeldtella complex)
Species murtfeldtella (Pigritia murtfeldtella - Hodges#1246)
Hodges Number
1246
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pigritia murtfeldtella (Chambers, 1874)
Dryope murtfeldtella Chambers, 1874
Dryope luteopulvella Chambers, 1875
Pigritia spoliatella Dietz, 1900
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Mary E. Murtfeldt (1848-1913).
Range
Lectotype from KY (1)
Season
Bivoltine on Block Island, RI, with adults recorded early June through early September.(2)
Print References
Chambers, V.C., 1874. Micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 6(3): 50.
Adamski, D. & R.W. Hodges, 1996. An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 98: 708-740. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
Vactor Tousey Chambers (1830-1883)
Works Cited
1.An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)
D. Adamski, R. W. Hodges. 1996. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 98: 708-740.
2.Block Island Moths
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 12 February, 2017 - 6:17am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 14 June, 2022 - 10:27pm

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