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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Himmacia » Himmacia huachucella - Hodges#0948 (Himmacia huachucella)

Species Himmacia huachucella - Hodges#0948

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Depressariidae
Subfamily Depressariinae
Genus Himmacia
Species huachucella (Himmacia huachucella - Hodges#0948)
Hodges Number
0948
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Himmacia huachucella (Busck, 1908)
Cryptolechia huachucella Busck, 1908
Size
Busck (1908) reported the wingspan as 22-23 mm.
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 8.5 - 11 mm. (1)
Identification
Busck (1908) original description as Cryptolechia huachucella is online in the print references.
Powell & Opler (2009) described the adults a bright to pale rust rose-colored. (1)
Range
Arizona
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) stated the adults "fly in summer, ahead of and during the rainy season." (1)
Food
The larvae have been raised on the oak species Quercus hypoleucoides and Q. arizonica (1)
Print References
Busck, A., 1908. A generic revision of American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35 (1644), p. 195.
Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc., p. 83; pl. 5.29-31. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 5, fig. 12; p. 67. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 3 September, 2009 - 7:53pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 April, 2014 - 9:26pm

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