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Species Elachista dagnirella - Hodges#1088.6

Representative Images

Elachista dagnirella - Hodges #1108.1 - Elachista dagnirella
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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 Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Elachistinae
Genus Elachista
No Taxon (bifasciella species group)
Species dagnirella (Elachista dagnirella - Hodges#1088.6)

Hodges Number

1088.6

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elachista dagnirella Kaila, 1999

Explanation of Names

Elachista (Elachista), bifasciella group, leucofrons complex.

Range

YT, AK, AB, WA, OR, SD, CA, CO

Food

hostplant unknown (but two of the five species in this complex are known to feed on grasses)

Print References

Kaila, L. 1999. A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Elachista s. 1. III. The bifasciella, praelineata, saccharella and freyerella groups (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 211:1-235

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 2 May, 2018 - 9:42am

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