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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Ethmiinae » Pyramidobela » Buddleia Budworm - Hodges#0961.1 (Pyramidobela angelarum)

Species Pyramidobela angelarum - Buddleia Budworm - Hodges#0961.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

White larva, Part 2 - Pyramidobela angelarum

Moths hatched from these larvae - Pyramidobela angelarum

Buddleia Budworm - Pyramidobela angelarum

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Ethmiinae

Genus Pyramidobela

Species angelarum (Buddleia Budworm - Hodges#0961.1)

Hodges Number

0961.1

Explanation of Names

Pyramidobela angelarum Keifer, 1936

* phylogenetic sequence #027700

Size

Forewing length 7.8-9.5 mm.(1)

Wingspan 16-21 mm (Keifer, 1936).

Larva to 12-14 mm (Keifer, 1936).

Pupa about 7 mm (Keifer, 1936).

Range

Discovered in Los Angeles in 1934; later spread to the San Francisco Bay area.(2).

Food

Ornamental butterfly bush (Buddleia/Buddleja).

Life Cycle

Multivoltine.

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Remarks

Quoted by Bob Patterson, Jerry Powell at U. Cal. Berkeley states: "You cannot grow Buddleia here without getting the worms, which crumple all the vegetative tips and stunt plant growth. Not native, probably a native of Mexico."

Print References

Keifer, H. H. 1936. California Microlepidoptera 8. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 36(1): 13

Powell, J. A. 1973. A systematic monograph of New World Ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 42 (Abstract)

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.5.42f, p.71

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Works Cited

1.	A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 January, 2010 - 12:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, Abigail Parker, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 March, 2013 - 12:28pm

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