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Species Gnorimoschema salinaris - Hodges#1997

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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Gnorimoschemini
Genus Gnorimoschema
No Taxon (gallaesolidaginis group)
Species salinaris (Gnorimoschema salinaris - Hodges#1997)
Hodges Number
1997
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnorimoschema salinaris Busck, 1911
Range
Along the East Coast at least MA to NC (and apparently to TX with live photos) and west to AB and CO
TL: Boston, MA
Food
Solidago sempervirens and other members of the Solidago juncea-missouriensis species complex.(1)
Print References
Miller, W.E., 2000. A comparative taxonomic-natural history of eight Nearctic species of Gnorimoschema that induce stem galls on Asteraceae, including descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Thomas Say publications in Entomology: Monographs. 76 pp.
Internet References
MPG
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Works Cited
1.Gnorimoschemini fauna of Alberta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Vazrick Nazari, Jean-François Landry. 2012. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1-117.
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 16 February, 2022 - 11:14pm
Last updated 8 March, 2022 - 2:31am

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