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Species Aristotelia pudibundella - Hodges#1756

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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 Anomologinae

Genus Aristotelia

Species pudibundella (Aristotelia pudibundella - Hodges#1756)

Hodges Number

1756

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aristotelia pudibundella (Zeller, 1873)

Gelechia (Ergatis) pudibundella Zeller, 1873 (1)

Gelechia intermediella Chambers, 1878 (2), (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #420667.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "shamefaced, bashful, modest, blushing."

Numbers

There are 39 described species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

Eastern United States north to at least Maine.

Recorded from Haiti and St. Croix.

Zeller (1873) specimens: Texas, July 29th (Boll, Belfrage); Beverly, Massachusetts, July (Burgess). (1)

Chambers (1877) examined specimens from Texas, Missouri and Kentucky.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection points.

Season

Most records are from March through August. (5)

Food

Larval hosts include:

Malus Apple. (1)

Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. (sweet acacia).

Print References

Busck, 1903. A revision of the American Gelechid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 796. (6)

Chambers, V.T., 1877. Tineina from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist, 9(2): 23. (7)

Forbes, W.T.M., 1906. Field tablets of Lepidoptera. 116.

Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 273. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 2. Philipp Christoph Zeller. 1873. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 201-334.

2.	Art. III - Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1878. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 79-106.

3.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	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.

7.	Tineina from Texas. Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1877. The Canadian Entomologist 9(2, 4): 22-26, 71-74.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 November, 2012 - 11:39pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 April, 2018 - 10:22am

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