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Friseria acaciella - Hodges#1914 (Friseria acaciella)
Species
Friseria acaciella
- Hodges#1914
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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
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2
)
(GBIF)
Habitat
Common in south Texas
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2
)
Season
Feb-Dec (BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX; June 1904; H.S. Barber
Print References
Busck,1906:
722
.
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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.).
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4
)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
- MPG
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5
)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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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