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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Ornarantia » Ornarantia dyari - Hodges#2654 (Ornarantia dyari)

Species Ornarantia dyari - Hodges#2654

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Ornarantia

Species dyari (Ornarantia dyari - Hodges#2654)

Hodges Number

2654

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ornarantia dyari (Busck, 1900); n. comb. Rota & Wahlberg, 2012 (1)

Hemerophila dyari Busck, 1900; orig. comb. Busck, 1900 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 082925

Explanation of Names

Patronym of Harrison G. Dyar.

Size

Forewing length: 6.2-7.7 mm.; Wingspan: ~14 mm (2).

Identification

See original description in print references below.

Range

Florida. (2)

Habitat

Should be expected only where its host plants occur.

Season

Records from January, April, and June (3).

Food

Ficus spp. (2)

Life Cycle

See Busck (1900) (2).

Print References

Busck, A. (1910), New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 8: 242-244.

Rota, J. and Wahlberg, N. (2012), Exploration of data partitioning in an eight-gene data set: phylogeny of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae). Zoologica Scripta, 41: 536–546. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00551.x (1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Exploration of data partitioning in an eight-gene data set: phylogeny of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) Rota, J. and Wahlberg, N. 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41: 536–546.

2.	New American Tineina Busck, A. 1900. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 8: 235-254.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 20 June, 2008 - 12:16am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman, Terry Harrison, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 11 January, 2017 - 10:11pm

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