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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Grass Miner Moths (Elachistidae) » Elachistinae » Perittia » Perittia herrichiella - Hodges#1077.1 (Perittia herrichiella)

Species Perittia herrichiella - Hodges#1077.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
01077.1 Perittia herrichiella - Perittia herrichiella - male micro - Perittia herrichiella Perittia herrichiella Elachistidae, Grass Miner Moth, lateral - Perittia herrichiella Perittia herrichiella - male Pennsylvania Moth - Perittia herrichiella moth - Perittia herrichiella moth - Perittia herrichiella
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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 Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Elachistinae
Genus Perittia
Species herrichiella (Perittia herrichiella - Hodges#1077.1)
Hodges Number
1077.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Perittia herrichiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Tinagma herrichiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (260)
Size
Forewing length 3.5-4.0 mm (1)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Widespread in Europe. Introduced in N. America
Food
Larvae are leaf miners of Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus.
Life Cycle
Hibernates as a pupa in a cocoon under the bark of the host plant. (1)
See Also
Heliozela aesella

Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae)
Lauri Kaila. 1995. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(3): 208-222.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 December, 2008 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 11:16pm

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