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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Semioscopis » Semioscopis inornata - Hodges#0914 (Semioscopis inornata)

Species Semioscopis inornata - Hodges#0914

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Elachistidae: Semioscopis inornata - Semioscopis inornata

Plain Semioscopis - Semioscopis inornata

Semioscopis inornata - Hodges#0914 - Semioscopis inornata - male

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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 Semioscopis

Species inornata (Semioscopis inornata - Hodges#0914)

Hodges Number

0914

Other Common Names

Dull Flatbody Moth

Pronunciation

in-or-NAH-ta

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Semioscopis inornata Walsingham, 1882 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #420128

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "not ornate" for the "very inconspicuous" markings. (1)

Size

Forewing length 10.5-15.0 mm. (2)

Wingspan 33 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Canada and northern U.S. (approximately following the 40° N parallel) (3), Colorado, and the White Mountains of Arizona. (2)

Food

Larvae feed on trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), largetooth apsen (Populus grandidentata), willows (Salix spp.) and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera). (3), (2)

Life Cycle

Larvae are leafrollers in June and July. (3)

Print References

Walsingham, T. de Grey, 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 174. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Works Cited

1.	Notes on Tineidae of North America. Lord Walsingham. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 165-204.

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

3.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 17 April, 2005 - 3:48pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 12:24pm

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