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Species Xystrologa grenadella - Hodges#0426.1

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moth - Xystrologa grenadella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
No Taxon (Tineidae "Clade A" Regier et al., 2014)
Genus Xystrologa
Species grenadella (Xystrologa grenadella - Hodges#0426.1)

Hodges Number

0426.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xystrologa grenadella (Walsingham, 1897)
Setomorpha grenadella Walsingham, 1897
Achanodes antipathetica Forbes, 1931

Range

USA: South Florida (earliest records from 1958, possibly not native)
Type locality (grenadella): Grenada: Balthazar
Type locality (antipathetica): Puerto Rico: Santurce
Also recorded as greenhouse pest in Germany

Food

Generalist detritivore

Print References

Davis, D.R., M.M. Davis, C. Mannion, 2012. Neotropical Tineidae IX: A Review of the West Indian Xystrologa and Biology of Xystrologa Grenadella (Wlsm.), an Invasive Pest of Cultivated Greenhouse Plants in Southern Florida, USA and Germany (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(4): 439-455. PDF
Forbes, W.T.M., 1931. Supplementary Report on the Heterocera or Moths of Porto Rico. The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, 15: 384.
Walsingham, T. de G., 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 168.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 10 April, 2023 - 8:46pm
Last updated 13 April, 2023 - 4:42pm

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