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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Inga » Chalky Inga - Hodges#1035 (Inga cretacea)

Species Inga cretacea - Chalky Inga - Hodges#1035

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Inga
Species cretacea (Chalky Inga - Hodges#1035)
Hodges Number
1035
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Inga cretacea (Zeller, 1873)
Cryptolechia cretacea Zeller, 1873
Machimia cretacea
Size
Wingspan 14-16 mm. (1)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include North Carolina to Florida, Oklahoma to Arizona. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Moth Photographers Group expands the range to Maryland and Kansas. (7)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
The main flight period is April through November.
Heppner (2003) reported April to August, October, November in Florida. (6)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the host was unknown. (6)
Remarks
Fossil records of this species have been dated from the Upper Cretaceous period. (p. 223)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (7)
Print References
Clarke, J.F.G. 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 225-226 (1)
Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of North America Fascicle 6.2. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc. p. 100; pl. 6.1-5. (8)
Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien., 243.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (7)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (5)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species
J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.
2.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
5.Butterflies of North America
6.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
8.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 30 May, 2009 - 1:34pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 August, 2014 - 12:06am

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