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Species Dichomeris serrativittella - Hodges#2301

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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 Dichomeridinae
Genus Dichomeris
Species serrativittella (Dichomeris serrativittella - Hodges#2301)
Hodges Number
2301
Other Common Names
Toothed Dichomeris (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris serrativittella (Zeller, 1873) (2)
Gelechia serrativittella Zeller, 1873
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Eastern North America. (1), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Heppner (2003) included Illinois to Florida, Utah to New Mexico; Mexico. (8)
Season
The adults are most common from April to October. (9)
Heppner (2003) reported adults in the months of January to September, December in Florida. (8)
Food
Suspected host plant is Brassica sp. (1)
See Also
Dichomeris isa Hodges, 1986
Dichomeris inserrata (Walsingham, 1882)
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (9)
Print References
Beadle, D. & S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin. p.67-68 (preview) (1)
Hodges, R.W., 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1, p. 101; pl. 3.1. (10)
Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kentniss der Nordamericanischen Nachtfalter Besonders der Microlepidopteren, 80.