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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Incertae sedis » Philonome » Philonome wielgusi - Hodges#0462.1 (Philonome wielgusi)

Species Philonome wielgusi - Hodges#0462.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

No Taxon (Incertae sedis)

Genus Philonome

Species wielgusi (Philonome wielgusi - Hodges#0462.1)

Hodges Number

0462.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Philonome wielgusi Sohn & Davis, 2015 (1)

Explanation of Names

"The species name is a patronym in honor of Mr. Ronald S. Wielgus, who collected nearly the entire type series" (1).

Identification

"Similar to Philonome clemensella in external appearance but can be distinguished from the latter in having shorter longitudinal fascia and straight costal fascia on the forewing" (1).

Range

Records from Arizona (Cochise and Graham County) (1) and New Mexico (Grant County).

Season

Records from July and September (1).

Remarks

All 157 specimens examined in the original description were males attracted to pheromone traps (1). The Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) has one female (Kyhl Austin).

See Also

Philonome clemensella

Print References

Sohn, J.-C.; Davis, D.R.; Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2015. "Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea). ZooKeys, 494: 77-79, figs. 3 , 26–30 (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea) Jae-Cheon Sohn, Donald R. Davis, and Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde. 2015. Zookeys, 494: 69-106.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 5 August, 2017 - 1:49am
Last updated 27 October, 2018 - 10:21am

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