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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 ivae - Hodges#1743 (Aristotelia ivae)

Species Aristotelia ivae - Hodges#1743

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 ivae (Aristotelia ivae - Hodges#1743)

Hodges Number

1743

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aristotelia ivae Busck, 1900 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #420657.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the host plant genus.

Size

Wingspan 11.2-11.8 mm. (1)

Range

Type locality: Palm Beach, Florida (Dr. Dyar). (1)

Food

Eastern Baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia). (2)

Rooseveltweed (Baccharis neglecta). (2)

Remarks

One of two species, the other being Bucculatrix ivella, described by Busck (1900) from material reared by Harrison Dyar and named for the supposed host plant, Iva frutescens. Both in fact feed on Baccharis halimifolia, which is superfically similar to I. frutescens and often cooccurs with it in salt marshes.

Print References

Busck, A., 1900. New species of moths in the superfamily Tineina from Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23: 225. (1)

Diatloff G. & W.A. Palmer, 1988. The host specificity and biology of Aristotelia ivae Busck (Gelechiidae) and Lorita baccharivora Pogue (Tortricidae), two microlepidoptera selected as biological control agents for Baccharis halimifolia (Asteraceae) in Australia. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 90(4): 458–461.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

August Busck (1870-1944)

Works Cited

1.	New species of moths in the superfamily Tineina from Florida. August Busck. 1900. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23: 225-254.

2.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 1 March, 2010 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 19 April, 2022 - 12:25am

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