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Species Aristotelia fungivorella - Hodges#1738

Aristotelia fungivorella? - Aristotelia fungivorella

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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 Anomologinae

Genus Aristotelia

Species fungivorella (Aristotelia fungivorella - Hodges#1738)

Hodges Number

1738

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aristotelia fungivorella (Clemens, 1864) (1)

Gelechia fungivorella Clemens, 1864 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #420652.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "fungivore," although the larvae mine galls on willow.

Identification

Adult: forewing light to medium brown with dark patches in basal, AM, and PM areas along the costa, and a fourth dark patch at the apex; the bottom of the AM patch has an S-shaped edge that continues across to the bottom of the PM patch; fringe cells increase greatly in length from apex to anal angle, and change abruptly from dark brown to whitish just before reaching anal angle; hindwing gray, almost rectangular, with long hair-like fringe cells.

Range

Most of North America. (3)

Type locality: Illinois, from larvae mining willow galls (Mr. Benj. D. Walsh). (2)

Food

Larvae feed on galls of willow, including narrowleaf willow (Salix exigua). (4)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 507. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

2.	North American micro-lepidoptera. Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 November, 2008 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 April, 2018 - 3:15pm

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