Species Tebenna onustana - Hodges#2648

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

Metalmark Moth (Choreutidae) ?? - Tebenna onustana

Tiny moth on dead fern frond.. - Tebenna onustana

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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 onustana (Tebenna onustana - Hodges#2648)

Hodges Number

2648

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tebenna onustana (Walker, 1864)

Simaethis onustana Walker, 1864

Choreutis ohiensis Zeller, 1876

Choreutis ohioensis Kearfott, 1902

Identification

Adult: forewing brownish-gray with broad white AM and PM lines; AM line almost straight, PM line arc-shaped or almost V-shaped; two blackish patches inside PM line, and one blackish patch beyond PM line; hindwing brownish-gray with scattered white scales near center; top of thorax brownish with 3 thin white longitudinal lines (1 dorsal and 2 dorsolateral); top of head light brown or tan

Range

New England and the Maritime Provinces to MI, OH and PA; Pacific Northwest; Rockies. The population from western NA may represent a separate species or subspecies. There are no records from the Great Plains and the sole sequenced western specimens is well separated by DNA barcode.

Type locality (onustana): Nova Scotia.

Type locality (ohiensis Zeller): Ohio

See Also

other Tebenna species lack broad white AM and PM lines

Print References

Heppner (2023, Lepid. Novae, 15(3-4): 154; fig. 64, 66, 69-70, 74-76, F13, M13. (1)

Internet References

2 pinned adult images [see larger versions here and here] plus collection site map showing presence in Quebec (All-Leps)

presence in Ontario; list (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 7. Genus Tebenna and new genus Pseudotebenna (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae) Heppner, J.B. 2023. Lepidoptera Novae, 15(3-4): 121-172.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 January, 2008 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 10 February, 2023 - 9:40am

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