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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Stenomatinae » Antaeotricha » Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#1011 (Antaeotricha schlaegeri)

Species Antaeotricha schlaegeri - Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#1011

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Larva five days later. - Antaeotricha schlaegeri

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Stenomatinae

Genus Antaeotricha

Species schlaegeri (Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#1011)

Hodges Number

1011

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Antaeotricha schlaegeri (Zeller, 1854)

Cryptolechia schlaegeri Zeller, 1854

Size

Wingspan 21-27 mm (Duckworth, 1964)

Identification

Resembles a bird-dropping. Larger than the very similar A. leucillana, with a darker thoracic tuft.

Range

Northestern North America, south to North Carolina, west to Kansas, Texas.

Season

April to August

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on White Oaks, Quercus alba and others of that group. May feed on birch, Betula.

See Also

Antaeotricha leucillana is smaller but there is some overlap. Wingspan 1.5-2.3 cm.

Print References

Covell, p. 446, plate 62 #20 (1)

Duckworth, W.D. 1964. North American Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 116: 29; figs. 1, 24 (genitalia); pl. 1 fig. a

Zeller, P.C. 1854. Die Depressarien und einige ihnen nahe stehende Gattungen. Linnaea entomologica : Zeitschrift herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen Vereine in Stettin. 9: 372

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)(4)

Maryland Moths

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 June, 2005 - 5:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Steve Nanz, Ted Kropiewnicki, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 9 June, 2016 - 7:14am

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