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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Borkhausenia » Borkhausenia cf. minutella - Hodges#1061.2 (Borkhausenia cf-minutella)

Species Borkhausenia cf-minutella - Borkhausenia cf. minutella - Hodges#1061.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Horizontal yellow band - Borkhausenia cf-minutella Borkhausenia minutella??? - Borkhausenia cf-minutella Borkhausenia minutella - Borkhausenia cf-minutella Moth - Borkhausenia cf-minutella Moth - Borkhausenia cf-minutella
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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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Borkhausenia
Species cf-minutella (Borkhausenia cf. minutella - Hodges#1061.2)
Hodges Number
1061.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Borkhausenia cf. minutella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Explanation of Names
Borkhausenia cf. minutella (Linnaeus, 1758) refers to specimens from Long Island, NY and CT which may refer to "true" minutella, a European species currently treated as extralimital to NA. This species is excluded by Pohl & Landry (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) pending confirmation by examining specimens.
Size
wingspan 10–14mm (1)
Season
May to June (1)
Food
The caterpillars feed on seeds and other dry plantstuffs such as dried fruit; they have also been recorded in chicken nests. (Gallus gallus) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 13 February, 2021 - 9:53pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 February, 2024 - 5:11am

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