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Species Ethmia semitenebrella - Hodges#0981

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 Ethmiinae

Genus Ethmia

No Taxon (semilugens group)

No Taxon (discostrigella complex)

Species semitenebrella (Ethmia semitenebrella - Hodges#0981)

Hodges Number

0981

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ethmia semitenebrella Dyar, 1902

Size

Forewing length 10-14 mm. (1)

Identification

Dyar (1902) original description is available in several formats in the print references.(2)

Range

Recorded throughout most of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.(3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be February to September. (3)

Food

Powell (1971)(4) and Powell & Opler (2009)(1) reported Cercocarpus Kunth (Mountain mahogany).

Life Cycle

Powell (1971) described the life cycle. (4)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1902. A review of the genus Ethmia, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 204. (2)

Powell, J.A., 1971. Biological studies on moths of the genus Ethmia in California (Gelechioidea). The Lepidopterists' Society 25(3): 51. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 5, figs. 26, 27; p. 69. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	A review of the genus Ethmia, with descriptions of new species Harrison G. Dyar. 1902. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 10: 202-208.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Biological studies on moths of the genus Ethmia in California (Gelechioidea) Jerry A. Powell. 1971. The Lepidopterists' Society 25(3): 1-167.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

6.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 May, 2009 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 9:00am

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