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Species Ethmia hodgesella - Hodges#1005

Ethmia hodgesella 1005? - Ethmia hodgesella

Ethmia hodgesella - Hodges# 1005 - Ethmia hodgesella

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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 Ethmia

No Taxon (trifurcella group)

Species hodgesella (Ethmia hodgesella - Hodges#1005)

Hodges Number

1005

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ethmia hodgesella Powell, 1973 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Ronald W. Hodges (1934-2017).

Size

forewing length 6 - 7.8 mm (1)

Identification

Adults - see Powell's description (1)

Range

Texas to southern California

See Also

Ethmia marmorea

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequence

Moth Photographers Group - photo of pinned adult and related species

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 17 August, 2010 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 May, 2025 - 3:52pm

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