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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Diamondback Moths (Plutellidae) » Eidophasia » Eidophasia vanella - Hodges#2365 (Eidophasia vanella)

Species Eidophasia vanella - Hodges#2365

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Plutellid Moth - Eidophasia vanella Plutellid Moth - Eidophasia vanella Plutella vanella - Eidophasia vanella Plutella vanella - Eidophasia vanella Plutella (Greya) vanella - Eidophasia vanella Plutellidae: Plutella vanella - Eidophasia vanella Plutellidae: Plutella vanella - Eidophasia vanella 360082 Eidophasia vanella 2365 - Eidophasia vanella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Plutellidae (Diamondback Moths)
Genus Eidophasia
Species vanella (Eidophasia vanella - Hodges#2365)
Hodges Number
2365
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eidophasia vanella (Walsingham, 1881)
Plutella vanella Walsingham, 1881
Explanation of Names
Eidophasia vanella (Walsingham, 1881) is placed in the genus Plutella by some authors. Placement in the genus Eidophasia folllows Søli et al. (2018).
Size
forewing length 7.5 - 8.5mm (1)
Range
Alberta south to California
Food
generalst feeders. Have been found on Vicia gigantea and Osmorhiza in California (1)
Print References
Søli, G., L. Aarvik, T. Magnussen , 2018. Plutella polaris Zeller, 1880 (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae) rediscovered at Svalbard, Norway, with comments on its taxonomic position. Nota Lepidopterologica, 41(1): 119-127.
Illustrated on Plate 11.13 in Moths of Western North America
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 17 July, 2009 - 11:21pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 4:08pm

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