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Species Stathmopoda elyella - Hodges#1070

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Hodges#1070 - Stathmopoda elyella Possible Stathmopoda elyella - Stathmopoda elyella Stathmopoda elyella Stathmopoda elyella Possible Stathmopoda elyella - Stathmopoda elyella Stathmopoda elyella Stathmopoda elyella (ID by Aaron Hunt) Lee NH USA July 18 2020 - Stathmopoda elyella hairy moth - Stathmopoda elyella
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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 Stathmopodidae
Genus Stathmopoda
Species elyella (Stathmopoda elyella - Hodges#1070)

Hodges Number

1070

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stathmopoda elyella (Busck, 1909)
Erineda elyella Busck, 1909
* phylogenetic sequence #030775

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Charles R. Ely, who collected the first specimens. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 11 mm. (1)

See Also

In Florida, see Terry Harrison's remarks at Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Busck, A. 1909. Notes on microlepidoptera with descriptions of new North American species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 95 (1)
Needham, J.G. 1947. A moth larva that lives on fern spores (Lepidoptera: Heliodinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49(6): 165-166

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
microleps.org

Works Cited

1.Notes on microlepidoptera with descriptions of new North American species
August Busck. 1909. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 11: 87-103.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 January, 2010 - 4:06pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 26 July, 2021 - 9:38pm

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