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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Many-plume Moths (Alucitoidea) » Many-plume Moths (Alucitidae) » Alucita » Alucita adriendenisi - Hodges#2313.1 (Alucita adriendenisi)

Species Alucita adriendenisi - Hodges#2313.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Alucitoidea (Many-plume Moths)

Family Alucitidae (Many-plume Moths)

Genus Alucita

Species adriendenisi (Alucita adriendenisi - Hodges#2313.1)

Hodges Number

2313.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alucita adriendenisi Landry & Landry, 2004 (1)

Numbers

Landry & Landry (2004), and Powell & Opler (2009) listed 3 species of the genus Alucita in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Forewing length 6.5-8 mm.(2)

Identification

Uniformly colored head scales distinguishes Alucita adriendenisi from other North American species. (1)

Darker and has more distinct transverse bands than A. montana.(2)

Range

New York westward across Canada with disjunct populations in western Texas and Arizona.(2)

Food

Larvae have been found on Lonicera dioca (limber honeysuckle). (2)

See Also

A. montana southwestern Quebec and Vermont, west to British Columbia, south to Arizona, California, and Texas.

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 12.6, p. 117 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	The genus Alucita in North America, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) Bernard Landry, Jean-François Landry. 2004. The Canadian Entomologist 136(4): 553-579.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 March, 2012 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by KenW, Edward Ruden
Last updated 24 January, 2022 - 8:49pm

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