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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Gnorimoschema » Gnorimoschema powelli - Hodges#1996.5 (Gnorimoschema powelli)

Species Gnorimoschema powelli - Hodges#1996.5

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Gelechiinae

Tribe Gnorimoschemini

Genus Gnorimoschema

Species powelli (Gnorimoschema powelli - Hodges#1996.5)

Hodges Number

1996.5

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gnorimoschema powelli Povolný, 1998 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #421239.00

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Dr. Jerry A. Powell.

Size

Forewing length: (1)

♂ 11.3-13 mm.

♀ 11.2-13 mm.

Range

California and Arizona(?) (2)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults from late October to early February. (3)

Povolný (1998) reported adults fly November to December, and rarely January. (4)

Food

Larvae induce galls on the stems of desert broom (Baccharis sarothroides). (3)

Print References

Povolný, D., 1998. Two new Nearctic genera of the tribe Gnorimoschemini, with descriptions of three new species. Entomologische Abhanglungen (Dresden) 58(6): 1–12.

Povolný, D., 1998. New taxa and faunistic records of the tribe Gnorimoschemini from the Nearctic region (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Stapfia (Linz) 55: 332, Figs. 12, 13; photo 9, 10. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.98, pl.10.1.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

BOLD Systems - DNA supported specimens

Works Cited

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

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

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

4.	New taxa and faunistic records of the tribe Gnorimoschemini from the Nearctic region (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) Dalibor Povolný. 1998. Stapfia (Linz) 55: 327–347.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 28 December, 2012 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 January, 2019 - 2:00pm

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