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Species Pseuderotis obiterella - Hodges#1009

Representative Images

White moth with four dots - Pseuderotis obiterella unknown moth - Pseuderotis obiterella unknown moth - Pseuderotis obiterella unknown moth - Pseuderotis obiterella unknown moth - Pseuderotis obiterella Unknown Moth - Pseuderotis obiterella Pocosin lakes caterpillar on Gordonia lasianthus D2966 2021 5.1 - Pseuderotis obiterella Pocosin lakes caterpillar on Gordonia lasianthus D2966 adult 2021 1 - Pseuderotis obiterella - female
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Peleopodinae
Genus Pseuderotis
Species obiterella (Pseuderotis obiterella - Hodges#1009)

Hodges Number

1009

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Durrantia obiterella Busck, 1908 (repl. name)
Ethmia chambersella Dyar, 1902 (preoc.)
* phylogenetic sequence #029100

Identification

Range

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Food

larvae reared on Gordonia lasianthus by Tracy Feldman 2021

See Also

Autosticha kyotensis (1010.1)

Antaeotricha unipunctella (1013)

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: 207 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - images of live & pinned adults
BOLD Systems - pinned images of DNA supported specimens

Works Cited

1. A generic revision of American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new species.
August Busck. 1908. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 35.
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 23 October, 2009 - 12:13am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 17 August, 2021 - 9:31am

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