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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 » Gelechiini » Chionodes » formosella group (Chionodes formosella group) » Chionodes emptor - Hodges#2072.3 (Chionodes emptor)

Species Chionodes emptor - Hodges#2072.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Chionodes emptor Unidentified - Chionodes emptor Micro - Chionodes emptor Micro - Chionodes emptor Micro - Chionodes emptor Hodges #2072.3 Chionodes emptor ? - Chionodes emptor Hodges #2072.3 Chionodes emptor ? - Chionodes emptor Chionodes emptor
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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 Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (formosella group)
Species emptor (Chionodes emptor - Hodges#2072.3)
Hodges Number
2072.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes emptor Hodges, 1999 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #062300
Identification
Adult: Usually the scales on the head are tipped with dark gray/black and the transition is relatively abrupt. Males of have sex scales on the dorsolateral surface of HW.

Range
Has been recorded from South Carolina to Florida and Texas (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia(2)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Wikipedia
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by v belov on 28 April, 2011 - 4:52pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 3 October, 2019 - 10:20am

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