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Species Dichomeris punctipennella - Many-spotted Dichomeris - Hodges#2288

2288 Many-spotted Dichomeris - Dichomeris punctipennella

Many-spotted Dichomeris Moth - Hodges #2288 - Dichomeris punctipennella

Hodges #2288 - Many-spotted Dichomeris - Dichomeris punctipennella

Dichomeris punctipennella? - Dichomeris punctipennella

small moth – Dichomeris punctipennella? - Dichomeris punctipennella

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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 Dichomeridinae

Genus Dichomeris

Species punctipennella (Many-spotted Dichomeris - Hodges#2288)

Hodges Number

2288

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichomeris punctipennella (Clemens, 1860)

Anorthosia punctipennella Clemens, 1860

Sagaritis gracilella Chambers, 1872 (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #070350

Size

TL ≈ 6-7mm (based on posted specimens)

Identification

Adult: Labial palpi and head rather dark ochreous ● Antennae ochreous, annulated with dark brown ● FW rather dark ochreous, sometimes dusted with dark brownish, with three pairs of blackish brown dots along the fold, the first near the base of the wing, the second rather above the middle and the third near its end ● Costa, at the base, and beyond the middle is touched with blackish ● Outer margin dotted and dusted with dark brown ● Cilia ochreous. HW shining, blackish gray

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Records from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois. (2), (3), (4)

Print References

Clemens, B. 1860. Contributions to American Lepidopterology - No.4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 161

Hodges, R.W. 1986. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1, p.53; pl.4.3-5

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	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.

4.	Check-list of the insects of Connecticut‎ Britton, W. E. 1920. 1920. Connecticut geological and natural history survey, Hartford.

Contributed by tom murray on 12 August, 2005 - 6:28pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 8:31pm

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