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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae) » Chrysopeleiinae » Walshia » Walshia amorphella - Hodges#1616 (Walshia amorphella)

Species Walshia amorphella - Hodges#1616

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cosmopterigidae, Walshia amorphella - Walshia amorphella Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moth), Lead plant stem gall moth, dorsal - Walshia amorphella Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moth), Lead plant stem gall moth, lateral - Walshia amorphella Cosmopterigidae, Cosmet Moth, Indigo Bush, lateral - Walshia amorphella Cosmopterigidae, Cosmet Moth, Lead plant, lateral - Walshia amorphella - male Walshia from Amorpha fruticosa - Walshia amorphella Walshia from Amorpha fruticosa - Walshia amorphella Cosmopterigidae, gall on Amorpha fruticosa - Walshia amorphella
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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)
Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae
Genus Walshia
Species amorphella (Walshia amorphella - Hodges#1616)
Hodges Number
1616
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Walshia amorphella Clemens, 1860
Explanation of Names
Author: Clemens, 1864
Identification
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Food
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant) and Amorpha fruticosa (False Indigo Bush)
Life Cycle
Life cycle images:
1.gall on leadplant 2.larva in gall 3.larva 4.adult
Remarks
The caterpillar develops in an oval stem gall in lead plant (Amorpha), 1.5 inches long and 0.5 inch in diameter. (1)
Print References
Clemens, B. 1860. North American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2: 419
Hodges, R.W. 1961. Review of the genus Walshia Clemens with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 56: 68
Hodges, R.W. 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 126; pl. 4.60. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
host plant, life cycle, and parasitoid images by MJ Hatfield
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
2.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.
Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 October, 2011 - 9:24pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 March, 2024 - 2:31pm

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