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Species Glyphidocera lactiflosella - Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth - Hodges#1139

Representative Images

Gelechid? - Glyphidocera lactiflosella Glyphidocera sp. ? - Glyphidocera lactiflosella Eustixia pupula - Glyphidocera lactiflosella Glyphidocera lactiflosella - Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth - Glyphidocera lactiflosella Glyphidocera lactiflosella unknown moth - Glyphidocera lactiflosella 3032104 - Glyphidocera lactiflosella Florida Moth - Glyphidocera lactiflosella
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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 Autostichidae
Subfamily Glyphidocerinae
Genus Glyphidocera
Species lactiflosella (Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth - Hodges#1139)

Hodges Number

1139

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glyphidocera lactiflosella (Chambers, 1878)
Gelechia lactiflosella Chambers 1878
Trichotaphe lactiflosella (1)

Size

Chambers (1878) listed a wingspan of .5" (12.7 mm).

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Maryland to Florida(2); Arkansas(3) to Texas(4)(5). (6)
Reported on the Maine checklist (July & August). (7)
Chambers (1878) reported the holotype from Bosque County, Texas. (1)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported a flight period of January to October. (6)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the host as unknown. (6)

Remarks

According to Dave Adamski, this is our only North American Glyphidocera species that is predominantly white. [Robert Zimlich]

Print References

Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25: 914. (1)
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey. Washington, 4: 89, 144.
Forbes, W.T.M., 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states, primitive forms Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. Cornell university. Agricultural Experiment Station. Memoir 68: 286. (8)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (9)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (11)

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.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.Arkansas Lepidoptera Survey
4.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
5.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
6.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
7.A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine. Part 2, The Microlepidoptera. Section 1 & 2
Auburn E. Brower. 1984. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 114: 1-70.
8.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
9.North American Moth Photographers Group
10.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
11.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 January, 2009 - 12:42pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 September, 2017 - 8:47am

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