Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris inversella (Zeller, 1873)
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Epicorthylis inversella Zeller, 1873
Identification
Specimen (moth) determined by DNA analysis (BOLD).
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Range
Records from Wisconsin and southern Ontario, east to New Jersey, south to Florida, west to central Texas and Oklahoma.
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(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)
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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.
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Zeller, P.C. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 23:
248.
