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Species Walshia amorphella - Hodges#1616

Cosmopterigidae - larva - Walshia amorphella

stem gall on leadplant - Walshia amorphella

Remains of Walshia amorphella gall in last years stem? - Walshia amorphella

Cosmopterigidae, Cosmet Moth, Lead plant, dorsal - Walshia amorphella - male

Cosmopterigidae, Cosmet Moth, stem gall on Lead plant - Walshia amorphella

Cosmopterigidae, stem gall on Indigo Bush - Walshia amorphella

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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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