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Species Faculta inaequalis - Palo Verde Webworm - Hodges#2206

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Moth - Faculta inaequalis Moth - Faculta inaequalis Moth - Faculta inaequalis small moth - Faculta inaequalis Faculta inaequalis 2305 Small colorful moth - Faculta inaequalis Moth A 2.17.18 - Faculta inaequalis Curved horn moth - Faculta inaequalis
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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 Faculta
Species inaequalis (Palo Verde Webworm - Hodges#2206)

Hodges Number

2206

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Faculta inaequalis (Busck, 1910)
Gelechia inaequalis Busck, 1910 (1)
Bryotropha inaequalis
Gelechia clistrodoma Meyrick, 1923 (2)

Size

Forewing length 4.5-6.5 mm. (3)

Range

The low deserts of the Colorado River and southern Arizona. (3)
Type location: Mesilla, New Mexico (C.N. Ainslie collection).

Season

Probably year round in southern Arizona (BugGuide records).

Print References

Busck, A., 1910. New microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines Stainton. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 11(4): 180. (1)
Meyrick, E., 1923. Gelechiidae. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3: 21 (Gelechia clistrodoma).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
August Busck (1870-1944)

Works Cited

1.New Microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines (Stainton)
August Busck. 1910. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 11: 175-188.
2.Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 4 October, 2009 - 2:16pm
Additional contributions by Bug Eric, Randy Hardy
Last updated 11 January, 2018 - 1:16pm

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