Species Cauchas dietziella - Cauchas dietziella sp. grp. - Hodges#0212

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · 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 Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)

Family Adelidae (Fairy Moths)

Subfamily Adelinae

Genus Cauchas

Species dietziella (Cauchas dietziella sp. grp. - Hodges#0212)

Hodges Number

0212

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cauchas dietziella (Kearfott, 1908)

Incurvaria dietziella Kearfott, 1908 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #210102

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Dr. William G. Dietz (1848-1932), "who very recently revised the very difficult group to which this species belongs." (1) Born in Germany, he emigrated to the United States after the Franco-Prussian War. Dietz was a physician and amateur entomologist, specializing in beetles, especially weevils, but also in lepidoptera.

Size

Wingspan 6.5-10.5 mm. (1)

Remarks

Cauchas dietziella (Kearfott, 1908) and Cauchas cyanella (Busck, 1915) can be determined only by dissection. (2)

See Also

Cauchas cyanella (Busck, 1915)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1908. New North American Tortricidae and Tineina. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 187 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina W. D. Kearfott. 1908. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 167-188.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 1 July, 2009 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 10:44pm

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