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Species Isophrictis magnella - Hodges#1694

Isophrictis anteliella from Oakland, CA - Isophrictis magnella

Isophrictis magnella- - Isophrictis magnella

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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 Anomologinae

Genus Isophrictis

Species magnella (Isophrictis magnella - Hodges#1694)

Hodges Number

1694

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Isophrictis magnella (Busck, 1903)

Paltodora magnella Busck, 1903

Phylogenetic sequence # 049375

Numbers

There are 18 described species in the genus Isophrictis listed for America, north of Mexico.

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 6.5-7.75 mm. (1)

Identification

Range

California and Colorado. (1)

Food

Powell & Opler took them on sawtooth goldenbush (Hazardia squarrosa).(1)

Remarks

This species was previously confused with I. anteliella here and on MPG. Images of both species were placed to magnella, and the two images placed here and the two shown for this species on MPG were all magnella. The species appears to be represented by BOLD:AAG5257. Additional species, identities unknown, were lumped in with magnella on BugGuide as well.

Several BOLD BINs include species similar to magnella. BOLD:AAG5258, BOLD:AAZ2291, and BOLD:AAH7363 are most similar but differ in usually having the white along the costa broader and in having fewer white bars near the wing apex. BOLD:AAH5187, which represents a species complex so far found only in AZ, includes some similar specimens, and BOLD:AAH5168 is similar as well.

Print References

Busck, A. 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 775. (2)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, plate 7.32f, p. 85. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

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

2.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

Contributed by v belov on 4 October, 2011 - 5:36pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 8:22pm

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