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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Pterolonchidae » Homaledra » Homaledra knudsoni - Hodges#1422.1 (Homaledra knudsoni)

Species Homaledra knudsoni - Hodges#1422.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Palm Leaf Skeletonizer - Homaledra knudsoni Unknown Moth. - Homaledra knudsoni moth - Homaledra knudsoni moth - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni? - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni? - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni - Homaledra knudsoni
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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 Pterolonchidae
Genus Homaledra
Species knudsoni (Homaledra knudsoni - Hodges#1422.1)
Hodges Number
1422.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homaledra knudsoni Hayden, 2021 (1)
Range
e. TX, FL (BG data)
Remarks
"... we have not one but two undescribed species in Florida that are serious pests of palms, in addition to H. sabalella... Homaledra sp. 2 has white forewing veins, especially the radials. It doesn’t have scattered black scales, but the terminal spots are a bit more pronounced on average. The wings are narrower, and the antennae are longer than the wings." - James Hayden (pers. comm., 2/4/2018)

This appears to be represented at BOLD by BIN BOLD:ACJ4987.
Works Cited
1.Two new species of palm-leaf skeletonizers (Lepidoptera: Pterolonchidae: Homaledra Busck)
James E. Hayden. 2021. Insecta Mundi (0859): 1-24.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 November, 2018 - 3:28am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 December, 2021 - 9:15am

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