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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Grass Miner Moths (Elachistidae) » Elachistinae » Elachista » argentella species group (Elachista argentella species group) » Elachista subalbidella - Hodges#1098.1 (Elachista subalbidella)

Species Elachista subalbidella - Hodges#1098.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)

Subfamily Elachistinae

Genus Elachista

No Taxon (argentella species group)

Species subalbidella (Elachista subalbidella - Hodges#1098.1)

Hodges Number

1098.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elachista subalbidella Schlager, 1847

Synonym Elachista hiberna Braun, 1948

Numbers

Size

Wingspan 10-13 mm.

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Holarctic; in North America, recorded from BC, MB, NS, ON, PQ.

Widespread from California to Kentucky and north.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection points.

Season

Most records are from May through July. (1)

Food

Larvae are miners utilizing grasses.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepodoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society No. 13. p. 52.

Kaila, L., 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1-93.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Society of Kentucky Lepidopterists - species account with collection records. (as Elachista hiberna)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 January, 2011 - 10:38am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 9:50pm

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