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Species Doleromorpha porphyria - Hodges#0276

Tineid Moth - Doleromorpha porphyria Mystery black micro - Doleromorpha porphyria possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria Doleromorpha porphyria, 0276 - Doleromorpha porphyria Unknown moth - Doleromorpha porphyria Doleromorpha porphyria? - Doleromorpha porphyria Tineidae, lateral - Doleromorpha porphyria
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
No Taxon (Tineoidea incertae sedis)
Family Undetermined-idae
Genus Doleromorpha
Species porphyria (Doleromorpha porphyria - Hodges#0276)
Hodges Number
0276
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Doleromorpha porphyria Braun, 1930; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 56: 16
* phylogenetic sequence #008325
Size
wingspan 7.0-8.5 mm (Braun, 1930)
Identification
Adults - head rusty ocherous, antenna black; forewings purple brown; hindwings pale golden brown, lusterous, darker and grey tinged in females; legs pale golden fuscous (Braun, 1930)
Habitat
Adults can be found at forest edges in early morning (Braun, 1930)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page