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Species Scodes deflecta - Hodges#2276

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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 Scodes
Species deflecta (Scodes deflecta - Hodges#2276)
Hodges Number
2276
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scodes deflecta (Busck, 1909)
Dichomeris deflecta Busck, 1909
Range
Baboquivari, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rita Mountains in southern Arizona
TL: Santa Catalina Mts
Season
Specimens collected 15 July to 30 September
Food
One specimen reared from leafrolling larva on Gossypium thurberi
Print References
Busck, A., 1909. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 11: 91(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Notes on microlepidoptera with descriptions of new North American species
August Busck. 1909. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 11: 87-103.