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Species Chionodes phalacra - Hodges#2108

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Moth - Chionodes phalacra Chionodes mariona 2092 - Chionodes phalacra Chionodes mariona 2092 - Chionodes phalacra moth - Chionodes phalacra Chionodes phalacra? - Chionodes phalacra Chionodes phalacra? - Chionodes phalacra Chionodes phalacra Chionodes phalacra
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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (phalacra group)
Species phalacra (Chionodes phalacra - Hodges#2108)

Hodges Number

2108

Explanation of Names

Chionodes phalacra (Walsingham, 1911)
Gelechia phalacra Walsingham, 1911

See Also

Chionodes popa (CA), C. mariona (extr. s. TX), C. donatella (FL, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties), C. petro (CA, San Diego County)

Print References

Walsingham, T. 1911. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americanna 4: 61.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 December, 2009 - 7:29pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky
Last updated 8 May, 2019 - 8:34pm

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