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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Agnippe » Agnippe prunifoliella - Hodges#1771 (Agnippe prunifoliella)

Species Agnippe prunifoliella - Hodges#1771

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Agnippe prunifoliella, 1771 - Agnippe prunifoliella

Agnippe prunifoliella ? - Agnippe prunifoliella

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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 Gelechiinae

Tribe Litini

Genus Agnippe

Species prunifoliella (Agnippe prunifoliella - Hodges#1771)

Hodges Number

1771

Explanation of Names

Agnippe prunifoliella (Chambers, 1873)

Evippe prunifoliella Chambers, 1873

Identification

Prunifoliella is Latin meaning "plum leaf", where Chambers found the caterpillars feeding.

Food

Chambers (1873) reported the larvae feed on leaves of Prunus americana (American Plum). (1)

Busck (1903) adds peach, also in Prunus. (2)

Remarks

The larvae are known to be parisitized by the Ichneumon wasp Orgilus gelechiae (278).

See Also

Chionodes dentella

Print References

Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25: 806. (2)

Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5(10): 186. (1)

Lee, S. & R.L. Brown 2008. Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 1818: 1–55, f.52

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Micro-Lepidoptera V. T. Chambers. 1873. The Canadian Entomologist 5(5): 85-91.

2.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 May, 2010 - 12:02am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 5 September, 2022 - 5:24pm

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