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Species Gelechia bianulella - Hodges#1933

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moth - Gelechia bianulella Gelechia bianulella Arizona Moth - Gelechia bianulella Arizona Moth - Gelechia bianulella Gelechia bianulella ? - Gelechia bianulella Arizona Moth - Gelechia bianulella Gelechia bianulella Moth observed 11-30-2019 6:40 pm southwest Hamilton County, Texas - Gelechia bianulella Filatima? - Gelechia bianulella
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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Gelechia
Species bianulella (Gelechia bianulella - Hodges#1933)

Hodges Number

1933

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gelechia bianulella (Chambers, 1875)
Oexein bianulella Chambers, 1875
Synonym
Oeseis bianulella Busck, 1903

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

California to Texas, Oklahoma and Montana. (1), (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection data.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plate at Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Busck, A. 1903. Revision of American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with description of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 873. (3)
Chambers, 1875. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science: 255.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
University of California, Berkeley

Works Cited

1.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 November, 2012 - 9:47am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 16 May, 2024 - 5:19pm

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