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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Batia » Batia lunaris - Hodges#1049 (Batia lunaris)

Species Batia lunaris - Hodges#1049

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)

Subfamily Oecophorinae

Tribe Oecophorini

Genus Batia

Species lunaris (Batia lunaris - Hodges#1049)

Hodges Number

1049

Other Common Names

Lesser Tawny Crescent

New Tawny Tubic

Batia Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Batia lunaris (Haworth, 1828)

Recurvaria lunaris Haworth, 1828

Eocophora lunaris

Batia metznerella (Treitschke, 1835)

Batia begrandella (Duponchel, 1842)

Batia clavella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

* phylogenetic sequence #030200

Size

Wingspan 7-10 mm.

Forewing length 4.5-5 mm. (1)

Range

European import first seen in the USA in 1931. Oregon's Willamette Valley and from the Puget Sound south into California. (1)

Season

The moth flies in July and August, is mainly nocturnal in habits, and is attracted to light.

Food

The larvae of most Batia species feed under the bark of various trees, possibly on fungi or decaying wood.

Life Cycle

The larva lives under dead bark of various trees and shrubs, in dead wood on fences etc. It has also been observed in mite galls on Salix. It hibernates. Pupation in the larval feeding place.

Print References

Hodges, R.W. 1974. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2: p.112, pl.A.4 (2)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.62, pl.4.38f (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - Images of live adults

UK Moths - Image of live adult & info

Lepidoptera of Belgium - Image of live adult & info

Butterflies & Moths of NA - Distribution Map

Works Cited

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

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 3 August, 2006 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 June, 2014 - 9:45am

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