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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris » Dichomeris simpliciella - Hodges#2303 (Dichomeris simpliciella)

Species Dichomeris simpliciella - Hodges#2303

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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 Dichomeridinae
Genus Dichomeris
Species simpliciella (Dichomeris simpliciella - Hodges#2303)
Hodges Number
2303
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris simpliciella (Busck, 1904) (1)
Trichotaphe simpliciella Busck, 1904 (2)
Numbers
Dichomeris has more than 74 species in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wingspan averages 18 mm. (2)
Identification
The original description as Trichotaphe simpliciella Busck, is available online in the print references below or PDF. (2)
Range
Southern California to Texas and Oklahoma. (4), (5), (6), (7)
See Also
Dichomeris ligulella
Print References
Busck, A. 1904. Tineid moths from British Columbia, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 761. (2)
Hodges, R.W. 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.1, p.105, pl.3.7-9. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and...
Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Tineid moths from British Columbia, with descriptions of new species
A. Busck. 1904. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 745-778.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
7.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 September, 2009 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:31pm

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