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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anomologinae » Aristotelia » Aristotelia adenostomae - Hodges#1727 (Aristotelia adenostomae)

Species Aristotelia adenostomae - Hodges#1727

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Aristotelia adenostomae
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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 Anomologinae
Genus Aristotelia
Species adenostomae (Aristotelia adenostomae - Hodges#1727)
Hodges Number
1727
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aristotelia adenostomae Keifer, 1933 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #420640.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant genus.
Size
Forewing length 4.3-6.0 mm. (2)
Wingspan 9-10 mm. (1)
Mature larva to 7.5 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - dark gray to black, dorsal half tinged with dark reddish. (2)
Range
California, from the Coast Range foothills around San Francisco Bay and the coastal areas to Los Angeles county and the Channel Islands. (2)
Holotype male: Crystal Lakes, San Mateo County, California, larva collected July 4, 1928 (Keifer).
Food
Larvae feed of chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) in spring. (2)
Print References
Keifer, H.H., 1933. California microlepidoptera VI. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California, 22(7-11): 353. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Hartford Hammond Keifer (1902–1986)
Works Cited
1.California microlepidoptera VI.
Hartford H. Keifer. 1933. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California, 22(7-11): 351-365.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 January, 2010 - 5:42pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 April, 2018 - 3:41pm

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