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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Anacampsis » Coverdale's Anacampsis - Hodges#2234 (Anacampsis coverdalella)

Species Anacampsis coverdalella - Coverdale's Anacampsis - Hodges#2234

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · 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 Anacampsinae

Tribe Anacampsini

Genus Anacampsis

Species coverdalella (Coverdale's Anacampsis - Hodges#2234)

Hodges Number

2234

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis coverdalella Kearfott, 1903 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #420476.00

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of George Coverdale of London, who collected the type specimen in Louisiana. (1) Charles W. Leng (1910) published Coverdale's observations from his survey of moths in Louisiana.

Size

Wingspan about 11.5 mm. (1)

Total length 5-6 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - forewing light brownish-orange or yellow except for apical one-third and small area at base which are blackish; hindwing gray; head and anterior part of thorax blackish.

Range

West Texas and Arkansas east to Maryland and Florida. (3), (2)

Type locality: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

See Also

Other yellow and brown moths:

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1903. Descriptions of new Tineoidea. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 11(3): 162. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new Tineoidea. William Dunham Kearfott. 1903. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 11(3): 145-165.

2.	Perterson field guide to moths of southeastern North America. Seabrooke Leckie & David Beadle. 2018. Peterson Field Guides, 652 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 June, 2006 - 2:30am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 June, 2022 - 2:31pm

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