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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Battaristis » Battaristis concinnusella - Hodges#2225 (Battaristis concinnusella)

Species Battaristis concinnusella - Hodges#2225

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A Battaristis sp. - Battaristis concinnusella Battaristis? - Battaristis concinnusella moth - Battaristis concinnusella Arizona Moth - Battaristis concinnusella Music Loving Moth - Battaristis concinnusella Gelechioidea ? - Battaristis concinnusella Battaristis concinnusella Battaristis concinnusella? - Battaristis concinnusella
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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 Anacampsinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Battaristis
Species concinnusella (Battaristis concinnusella - Hodges#2225)
Hodges Number
2225
Other Common Names
Music Loving Moth (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Battaristis concinnusella (Chambers, 1877)
Gelechia concinnusella Chambers, 1875 (2)
Aproaerema concinusella (misspelling) (3)
Phylogenetic sequence #420466.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "neat, elegant, clever."
Numbers
Five described Battaristis species are found in America north of Mexico.
Several known species to be described in this group.
Size
Forewing length about 6 mm.
Identification
V shaped subterminal line with black dot at the apex.(1) (This mark shared with Battaristis nigratomella.)
Genitalia:
♂
Range
Southern Canada, much of the eastern United States and scattered records from the west as far as California.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.
Season
Most records are from April through October.
Food
Larval hosts include:
Solidago (goldenrod) * USDA plant profile
Aster
See Also
Battaristis nigratomella has a pale area along the base of the costa
Print References
Beadle, D. and S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. p. 64.(1)
Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of the United States. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(3): 253. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Moth Photographers Group related species
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
Moths of Maryland
Vactor Tousey Chambers (1830-1883)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Teneina of the United States.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1875. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(3): 226-258.
3.A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 17 August, 2009 - 9:34pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 February, 2024 - 7:18am

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