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Species Untomia albistrigella - Hodges#2223

Untomia albistrigella - Hodges #2223 - Untomia albistrigella Moth IMG_0218 - Untomia albistrigella Untomia albistrigella - Hodges#2223 - Untomia albistrigella Untomia albistrigella Gelechioidea - Untomia albistrigella Untomia albistrigella Gelechiidae sp? - Untomia albistrigella Untomia albistrigella? - Untomia albistrigella
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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 Untomia
Species albistrigella (Untomia albistrigella - Hodges#2223)
Hodges Number
2223
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Untomia albistrigella (Chambers, 1872)
Gelechia albistrigella Chambers, 1872 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #420464.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "white-streaked," for the "small oblique white costal streak." (1)
Size
Wingspan 8 mm. (2)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Records from Texas to Florida, north to the Great Lakes and southern New England. (4)
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1872. Micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 4(9): 171. (1)
Works Cited
1.Micro-lepidoptera.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1872. The Canadian Entomologist 4(1-12): 7-12,25-29,41-44,65-69,88-92,106-108,126-133,146-150,169-175,191-195,206-209,221-226.
2.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.North American Moth Photographers Group