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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 » Gelechia » Gelechia albisparsella - Hodges#1929 (Gelechia albisparsella)

Species Gelechia albisparsella - Hodges#1929

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · 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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Gelechia
Species albisparsella (Gelechia albisparsella - Hodges#1929)
Hodges Number
1929
Other Common Names
G. desiliens is known as the sycamore leaf skeletonizer, a name that would apply equally well to this species.
Explanation of Names
Author: Chambers, 1872
Food
Sycamore leaves
Life Cycle
Life cycle of probable Gelechia albisparsella (Charley Eiseman)
Remarks
The greenish larvae of G. desiliens, up to half an inch long, live in tubular nests on sycamore leaves. (1) G. albisparsella evidently has the same larval habits, since the adult for which this guide page was created was reared from a larva matching this description.
See Also
Gelechia desiliens. Compared with this species, G. albisparsella has darker shading along the basal half of the costa and a more diffuse pale subterminal line.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide
Steve H. Dreistadt. 2004. Univ of California Agriculture & Natural Resources.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 July, 2011 - 6:53am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 27 November, 2016 - 8:53am

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