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Species Anacampsis lupinella - Hodges#2242

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Gelechiidae on Baptisia, live larva - Anacampsis lupinella - male Gelechiidae on Baptisia, lateral - Anacampsis lupinella - male Gelechiidae on Baptisia, dorsal - Anacampsis lupinella - male Gelechiidae on Wild Indigo, larva - Anacampsis lupinella moth - Anacampsis lupinella moth - Anacampsis lupinella Anacampsis lupinella reared from Baptisia tinctoria - Anacampsis lupinella Anacampsis lupinella reared from Baptisia tinctoria - Anacampsis lupinella
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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 lupinella (Anacampsis lupinella - Hodges#2242)

Hodges Number

2242

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis lupinella Busck, 1901
Phylogenetic sequence #420484.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the host plant genus.

Size

Wingspan 12-14 mm. (Busck), (1)

Identification

Larva - Caterpillar dull green; head testaceous with a black spot on each side near eyes, cervical shield of the same color, partly edged below with black; tubercles black; in a slight web between leaves of lupine. (1)

Range

e. US - e. Texas to the pan handle of Florida, north to Iowa, Illinois, s. Ontario and New York - Map (1)(2)
Busck specimens: High Park, Toronto, Ontario, reared on Lupinus perennis (Dr. J. Fletcher).

Season

May-July (MPG)

Food

sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis)(3), also BugGuide records on both Baptisia bracteata leucophaea(4) and Baptisia tinctoria(5) (Fabaceae)

Print References

Busck, A., 1901. A new Canadian tineid. The Canadian Entomologist 33(1): 14.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - (MPG) (2)

Works Cited

1.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
4.Gelechiidae on Baptisia, weaving
5.Anacampsis lupinella reared from Baptisia tinctoria
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 6 March, 2012 - 5:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 April, 2025 - 10:17am

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