Species Tebenna gemmalis - Hodges#2644

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

Tebenna gemmalis ovipositing? - Tebenna gemmalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Subfamily Choreutinae

Genus Tebenna

Species gemmalis (Tebenna gemmalis - Hodges#2644)

Hodges Number

2644

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tebenna gemmalis (Hulst, 1886)

Chalcoela gemmalis Hulst, 1886

Identification

Adult: forewing dark yellow or orange in basal third, divided in two by dark longitudinal lines; remainder of wing dark gray, covered with whitish spots that give a dappled appearance; three black patches aligned longitudinally in distal half of wing, interspersed by two bands of cream-colored scales; hindwing brownish-gray with dark terminal line and long bicolored fringe

Range

California to British Columbia

Season

adults fly from April to July in California

Food

Arrowleaf Balsamroot 9Balsamorhiza saggitata in Asteraceae). (1)

See Also

Everlasting Tebenna Moth (T. gnaphaliella) forewing is darker in distal two-thirds, and patches arranged in a triangle, not aligned longitudinally (see pinned adult images at All-Leps)

Rosinweed Moth (T. silphiella) forewing has several white scale patches, a white subterminal line, and brown terminal area

T. onustana occurs in the east, and its forewing has two white transverse bands

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 January, 2008 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Steve Morris
Last updated 11 June, 2022 - 4:25pm

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