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Species Friseria acaciella - Hodges#1914

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1914 - Friseria acaciella Texas SE Gulf Coast - Friseria acaciella Moth - Friseria acaciella Interesting Micro moth with white geo shapes - Friseria acaciella Gelechiidae? - Friseria acaciella Friseria acaciella gelechiid - Friseria acaciella Friseria acaciella
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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Friseria
Species acaciella (Friseria acaciella - Hodges#1914 )

Hodges Number

1914

Explanation of Names

Friseria acaciella (Busck, 1906)

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

c. TX to Mex. - Map (2)(GBIF)

Habitat

Common in south Texas (2)

Season

Feb-Dec (BG data)

Remarks

Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX; June 1904; H.S. Barber

Print References

Busck,1906: 722. (3)
Hodges, 1966: 722; pl. 7, figs. 52, 53 (spread specimens); pl. 17, figs. 114, 118; pl. 18, fig. 125 (♂ gen.); pl. 25, fig. 165 (♀ gen.). (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 30 pp., 18 plates.
3.Tineid moths from southern Texas, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1906. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30: 721-736.
4.Revision of Nearctic Gelechiidae. 1. The Lita group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
R. W. . Hodges. 1966. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 119: 1-66.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 August, 2009 - 6:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 13 November, 2020 - 5:52pm

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