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Species Carolana golmeia - Hodges#1063

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Small reddish moth with black spots and long...hair! - Carolana golmeia Small reddish moth with black spots and long...hair! - Carolana golmeia Moth - Carolana golmeia Monochroa quinquepunctella? - Carolana golmeia Monochroa quinquepunctella? - Carolana golmeia Arizona Moth - Carolana golmeia Arizona Moth - Carolana golmeia
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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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Carolana
Species golmeia (Carolana golmeia - Hodges#1063)

Hodges Number

1063

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carolana golmeia Hodges 1974 (1)

Numbers

There are two species of the genus Carolana in America north of Mexico. (2)

Range

Arizona.
Holotype ♀ collected 16 mi SW Flagstaff, West Fork, 6500', Coconino, Arizona, United States. (3)

Season

August, October records.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 October, 2009 - 12:45am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 June, 2014 - 9:52am

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