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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Helcystogramma » Helcystogramma chambersella - Hodges#2265 (Helcystogramma chambersella)

Species Helcystogramma chambersella - Hodges#2265

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Helcystogramma chambersella ? - Helcystogramma chambersella

Glyphidocera? - Helcystogramma chambersella

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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 Dichomeridinae

Genus Helcystogramma

Species chambersella (Helcystogramma chambersella - Hodges#2265 )

Hodges Number

2265

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Helcystogramma chambersella (Murtfeldt, 1874)

Gelechia chambersella Murtfeldt, 1874

Numbers

There are nine named species of Helcystogramma in America north of Mexico.

Five are found in western states. (1)

Size

Forewing length 3.5-5 mm.(1)

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

Eastern North America; California and Arizona. (3), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The adults are most common during the months of April to September. (4)

Food

The larvae have been found on Ambrosia artemisiella L. (ragweed).

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (4)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 102, pl. 10.28. (1)

Hodges, R.W., 1986. The Moth of North America Fascicle 7.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 131; pl. 4.14-15.(5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

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

University of California, Berkeley

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	South Carolina Moth Species

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and... Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 April, 2011 - 9:39am
Last updated 25 March, 2014 - 7:13pm

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