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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris » hirculella group (Dichomeris hirculella group) » Dichomeris hirculella - Hodges#2279 (Dichomeris hirculella)

Species Dichomeris hirculella - Hodges#2279

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
small moth - Dichomeris hirculella - male
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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 Dichomeris
No Taxon (hirculella group)
Species hirculella (Dichomeris hirculella - Hodges#2279)
Hodges Number
2279
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris hirculella Busck, 1909
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
CT, NH(1), MA, IN
TL: East River, CT
Print References
Hodges, R. W., 1986. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1, p. 60; pl. 4.6.
Internet References
MPG
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Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and...
Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 12 February, 2023 - 2:05pm
Additional contributions by tom murray, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 8:35pm

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