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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Autostichidae » Deocloninae » Deoclona » Deoclona yuccasella - Hodges#2311 (Deoclona yuccasella)

Species Deoclona yuccasella - Hodges#2311

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Deoclona yuccasella - female
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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 Autostichidae
Subfamily Deocloninae
Genus Deoclona
Species yuccasella (Deoclona yuccasella - Hodges#2311)
Hodges Number
2311
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Deoclona yuccasella Busck, 1903 (1)
See Deoclona yuccasella complex.
Phylogenetic sequence #420026.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant.
Size
Wingspan 16.2-20.0 mm. (1)
Forewing length 5.5-9.5 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - uniformly tan head, thorax, and forewing. Hindwing white. (2) See original description in Print References. (1)
Genitalia:
Range
California. (3)
Types: Los Angeles, California (bred from larvae by Mr. Koebele). (1)
Season
Adults fly late in the season after seed pods split open. (2)
Food
Larvae bore in the dry seed pods of chaparral yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei). (4), (1), (2)
Remarks
Rarely seen in the field, apparently not attracted to lights and may be diurnal. (2)
Print References
Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 837. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
August Busck (1870-1944)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 9 February, 2018 - 7:00pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 8:17pm

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