Species Lithariapteryx jubarella - Hodges#2511

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gem-winged moth - Lithariapteryx jubarella

Lithariapteryx jubarella? - Lithariapteryx jubarella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)

Family Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)

Genus Lithariapteryx

Species jubarella (Lithariapteryx jubarella - Hodges#2511)

Hodges Number

2511

Explanation of Names

Lithariapteryx jubarella Comstock, 1940

* phylogenetic sequence #078675

Size

Forewing length 4.5-6.5 mm (Powell, 1991).(1)

Wingspan 11.5-12 mm (Comstock, 1940).

Range

Arid areas of Arizona, Nevada, and southern California, including Santa Cruz Island (Powell, 1991).(1)

Food

Comstock found the adults in association with four o'clock (Mirabilis) but the larvae he collected were of another new species. Powell identifies the hosts as desert wishbone-bush (Mirabilis laevis), Greene's four o'clock (Mirabilis greenei) and snowball sand verbena (Abronia fragrans).(1)

Print References

Comstock, J. A. 1940. Four new California moths with notes on early stages. Southern California Acad. Sci. 38(3): 175-177, pl.41

Powell, J. A. 1991. A review of Lithariapteryx (Heliodinidae) with description of an elegant new species from the coastal sand dunes in California. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(2): 89-104 (PDF)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Works Cited

1.	A review of Lithariapteryx (Heliodinidae) with description of an elegant new species from the coastal sand dunes in California. Jerry A. Powell. 1991. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(2): 89-104.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 October, 2009 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 March, 2013 - 11:44am

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