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Species Elachista cucullata - Hodges#1124

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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 Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Elachistinae
Genus Elachista
No Taxon (tetragonella species group)
Species cucullata (Elachista cucullata - Hodges#1124)

Hodges Number

1124

Explanation of Names

Author: Braun, 1921

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland; the taxonomic status of the California population is uncertain (Kaila 1996).

Food

Larvae are leafminers in several narrow-leaved spp of Carex, especially C. jamesii, according to Braun (1921).

Print References

Braun, Annette F. 1921. Notes on microlepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Entomological News 32:8-18.
Kaila, Lauri. 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 27(2):217-238.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 January, 2013 - 8:30am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 18 April, 2024 - 10:11am

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