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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 » Keiferia » Keiferia glochinella - Hodges#2049 (Keiferia glochinella)

Species Keiferia glochinella - Hodges#2049

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · 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 Keiferia

Species glochinella (Keiferia glochinella - Hodges#2049)

Hodges Number

2049

Other Common Names

This species has been given the common name of "Eggplant Leafminer Moth," but this is due to past confusion with Keiferia inconspicuella. There are no confirmed records of K. glochinella from eggplant.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Keiferia glochinella (Zeller, 1873)

Tildenia glochinella Zeller, 1873

Numbers

There are six named species of Keiferia in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Identification

Keiferia glochinella is not distinguishable from

Keiferia inconspicuella or Keiferia georgei by wing maculation. (3)

Dissection or DNA to determine.

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

Range

California to Florida. (5), (6)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Food

Larvae mine leaves of horsenettle (Solanum carolinense).

Remarks

Listed as a pest species in California (2002), again due to confusion with Keiferia inconspicuella.

See Also

Keiferia inconspicuella

Keiferia georgei

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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.	Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera August Busck. 1939. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 86(3064): 563-593.

3.	A new species of Tildenia [Keiferia] from Illinois (Gelechiidae) Ronald W, Hodges. 1985. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(3): 151-155.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

6.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 January, 2013 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 1 March, 2019 - 8:52am

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