Species Dichomeris aleatrix - Buffy Dichomeris Moth - Hodges#2291.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 aleatrix (Buffy Dichomeris Moth - Hodges#2291.1)

Hodges Number

2291.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichomeris aleatrix Hodges, 1986

* phylogenetic sequence #070475

Size

~9mm TL

Identification

D. aleatrix has the posterior margin of the yellow area pointing to the anal angle and a gray edging along the middle of the costa unlike inserrata - Steve Nanz 6/25/20

Range

Records from southern Ontario south to Tennessee, north to Illinois. (1)

Type locality: Putnam County, Illinois. (2)

Food

Larval hosts include hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus Raf., Asteraceae), stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt.) and goldenrod (Solidago, Asteraceae). (3)

Print References

Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II 2004. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 11 (PDF) (2)

Hodges, R. W., 1986. MONA Fascicle 7.1: 91, pl.2.27 (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Encylopdia of Life

Insects of Iowa

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	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.

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and... Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 November, 2009 - 1:22am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 June, 2020 - 6:31pm

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