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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 » Dichomeris » Shining Dichomeris - Hodges#2289 (Dichomeris ochripalpella)

Species Dichomeris ochripalpella - Shining Dichomeris - Hodges#2289

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Shining Dichomeris Moth - Hodges #2289 - Dichomeris ochripalpella

Shining Dichomeris - Dichomeris ochripalpella

Pennsylvania Moth - Dichomeris ochripalpella

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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 Dichomeris

Species ochripalpella (Shining Dichomeris - Hodges#2289)

Hodges Number

2289

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichomeris ochripalpella (Zeller, 1873)

Gelechia ochripalpella Zeller, 1873

Trichotaphe ochripalpella

Trichotaphe alacella Clemens, 1862 (preocc.) (1)

Gelechia goodellella Chambers, 1881 (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #070375

Explanation of Names

Specific name ochripalpella is Greek meaning "ochreous palps."

Size

Total length 7-8 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - easily recognized by its light orange labial palps.

Range

Records from the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, apparently absent from the southeast. (3)

Habitat

Larvae found in association with aster and goldenrod species.

Season

Adult moths occur from June to August, but mainly in July.

Food

Host plants appear to be members of the Compositae.

Print References

Beadle, D. & S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin. p.66-67 (preview) (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Lynn Scotts' Lepidoptera.

BOLD Systems

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

2.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 24 May, 2006 - 8:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 August, 2013 - 12:47pm

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