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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Esperia » Sulphur Esperia Moth - Hodges#1057 (Esperia sulphurella)

Species Esperia sulphurella - Sulphur Esperia Moth - Hodges#1057

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Esperia
Species sulphurella (Sulphur Esperia Moth - Hodges#1057)
Hodges Number
1057
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)
Alucita sulphurella Fabricius, 1775
Dafa sulphurella
Tinea orbonella Hübner, [1813]
Oecophora sulphurella var. aucta Krausse, 1915
Oecophora sulphurella var. sultanija Schawerda, 1922
* phylogenetic sequence #030400
Size
Forewing length 6-8 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - males have enlarged antennae. (1)
Range
Introduced to California from Europe 40+ years ago.
Season
End of February to mid to late April. (1)
Food
"Larva feed under bark of fallen or cut oak." -- Bob Patterson
Life Cycle
Diurnal.
Print References
Hodges, R.W. 1974. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p.119; pl.6.17-18 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 March, 2010 - 8:22pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 June, 2014 - 1:28pm

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