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Species Chionodes bibo - Hodges#2110.1

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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (obscurusella group)
No Taxon (bibo complex)
Species bibo (Chionodes bibo - Hodges#2110.1)
Hodges Number
2110.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes bibo Hodges, 1999(1)(2)
Range
Known from southern Arizona.
Type specimen collected in Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mtns, 5600', Santa Cruz Co., Arizona. (1)
Food
The larva feed on Quercus (oak) species as do many Chionodes.(1)
Print References
Hodges, R. W., 1999. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6, p. 162; pl. 3.3.(1)
Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 15.(2)