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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Anacampsis » Anacampsis fullonella - Hodges#2236 (Anacampsis fullonella)

Species Anacampsis fullonella - Hodges#2236

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

Anacampsis fullonella-like - Anacampsis fullonella

Anacampsis fullonella - Anacampsis fullonella

Anacampsis fullonella - Hodges#2236 - Anacampsis fullonella

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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 Anacampsinae

Tribe Anacampsini

Genus Anacampsis

Species fullonella (Anacampsis fullonella - Hodges#2236)

Hodges Number

2236

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873) (1), (2)

Gelechia (Ceratophora?) fullonella Zeller, 1873 (3)

Gelechia rufusella Chambers, 1874 (4), (2)

Gelechia subruberella Chambers, 1874 (4), (2)

Gelechia bidiscomaculella Chambers, 1874 (4)

Menesta rubescens Walsingham, 1881 (5)

Phylogenetic sequence #420478.00

Size

Wingspan about 12 mm.

Identification

Adult - forewing pale yellowish or tan in basal half, shading to orangish-brown in distal half; four indistinct dots in basal two-thirds of wing; dark brownish-gray scales in terminal area; fringe brown; hindwing gray with long fringe of hairlike scales.

Range

c. US (NM-FL-IL) - Map - (MPG)(6)

Season

Apr-Nov (6)

Remarks

Type specimens: Texas, 20-21 August (Belfrage). (3)

See Also

Anacampsis lacteusochrella forewing has dark spots in terminal area and less extensive dark shading in distal half of wing (see this and other related species by SangMi Lee at MPG)

Print References

Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 276. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG(6)

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

2.	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.

3.	Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 2. Philipp Christoph Zeller. 1873. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 201-334.

4.	Tineina from Texas. Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1874. The Canadian Entomologist, vols. 6 & 7.

5.	On some North-American Tineidae. Lord Walsingham. 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 301-324, Pl.35,36.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 October, 2007 - 10:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 November, 2020 - 1:49pm

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