Species Agonopterix thelmae - Thelma's Agonopterix - Hodges#0884

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Thelma's Agonopterix - Agonopterix thelmae

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Depressariinae

Genus Agonopterix

Species thelmae (Thelma's Agonopterix - Hodges#0884)

Hodges Number

0884

Size

wingspan about 21 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing yellowish-brown with extensive dark speckling; blackish smudge near middle of wing, bordered by reddish-orange smudge below (closer to inner margin); two black spots usually present in location of AM line; diffuse gray shade line (sometimes faint) runs diagonally from middle of wing toward inner margin, then bends sharply and runs diagonally toward apex; hindwing uniformaly brownish-gray

Range

New England to South Carolina, west to Kentucky and Illinois, north to Michigan and southern Ontario

Season

adults fly from July to October in Kentucky; August and September in southern Ontario

Remarks

described in 1941 by Clarke from holotype (male) collected in Maryland

See Also

Four-dotted Agonopterix (Agonopterix robiniella) forewing is more orangish, has X-shaped gray shade line in basal half, a single black dot in area of AM line, and less noticeable dark speckling

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

type specimen locality; PDF doc (John Brown et al, Zootaxa, mapress.com)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 August, 2007 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Jay Greenberg, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 3 April, 2022 - 6:22pm

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