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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris » inversella or kimballi (Dichomeris inversella or kimballi) » Dichomeris inversella - Hodges#2310 (Dichomeris inversella)

Species Dichomeris inversella - Hodges#2310

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Small Gray Spotted Moth - Dichomeris inversella Hodges#2310 - Dichomeris inversella moth - Dichomeris inversella moth - Dichomeris inversella Hodges # 2310.1 – Dichomeris kimballi ? - Dichomeris inversella Moth - Dichomeris inversella Dichomeris inversella ? - Dichomeris inversella Gray micro moth sp? - Dichomeris inversella
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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Dichomeridinae
Genus Dichomeris
No Taxon (inversella or kimballi)
Species inversella (Dichomeris inversella - Hodges#2310)
Hodges Number
2310
Other Common Names
Inversed Dichomeris (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris inversella (Zeller, 1873) (2)
Epicorthylis inversella Zeller, 1873
Size
Total length 6-8 mm. (3)
Identification
Specimen (moth) determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range
Records from Wisconsin and southern Ontario, east to New Jersey, south to Florida, west to central Texas and Oklahoma. (5), (6)
Food
Larval hosts include hickory (Carya). (7)
See Also
Dichomeris kimballi has a mid costal mark. Dissection may be required. See Hodges (1986) but illustrations do not seem consistent with description and BOLD data does not seem to support ranges given.
Print References
Beadle, D. & S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin. p.67-68 (preview) (3)
Hodges, R.W. 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 69; pl.1, figs. 26-29. (1)
Zeller, P.C. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 23: 248.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (8)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and...
Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
3.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
7.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
8.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 1 February, 2008 - 4:16pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 23 July, 2020 - 1:38am

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