Species Glyphidocera dimorphella - Hodges#1143

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Autostichidae

Subfamily Glyphidocerinae

Genus Glyphidocera

Species dimorphella (Glyphidocera dimorphella - Hodges#1143)

Hodges Number

1143

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glyphidocera dimorphella Busck, 1907

Identification

From Busck’s description: “Forewings light straw-yellow, sparsely sprinkled with dark brown atoms, with a blackish brown round dot on the middle of the cell, another similar dot at the end of the cell and a more or less complete series of blackish brown dots along terminal edge of the wing… Hind wings light straw colored.”

Range

Type locality: Plummers Island, MD

Print References

Busck, 1907: 136 (1)

Internet References

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Works Cited

1.	New genera and species of American Microlepidoptera August Busck. 1907. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 15: 134--140.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 5 January, 2019 - 7:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 6 January, 2019 - 6:47am

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