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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fruitworm Moths (Carposinoidea) » Tropical Fruitworm Moths (Copromorphidae) » Ellabella » Ellabella melanoclista - Hodges#2349 (Ellabella melanoclista)

Species Ellabella melanoclista - Hodges#2349

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Carposinoidea (Fruitworm Moths)
Family Copromorphidae (Tropical Fruitworm Moths)
Genus Ellabella
Species melanoclista (Ellabella melanoclista - Hodges#2349)
Hodges Number
2349
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ellabella melanoclista (Meyrick, 1927)
Probolacma melanoclista Meyrick, 1927 (1)
Numbers
There are 4 named species of Ellabella in America north of Mexico. (2), (3), (4)
Size
Forewing length: (4)
♂ 9.6-11.2 mm.
♀ 10-11.2 mm.
Identification
Original description is online as Probolacma melanoclista Meyrick. (1), (362)
Range
Southern California(5) to Texas(6). (2), (4)
Most likely found in the juniper woodlands of northern Mexico. (4)
Type locality: USA: Texas, Brewster Co., @ 5,000' elevation. (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records are from January to May, and August. (2)
Food
Immature stages and host plant unknown. (4)
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Heppner, 1984. Revision of the Oriental and Nearctic genus Ellabella (Lepidoptera: Copromorphidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 23 (1): 61
Meyrick, E. 1927. Probolacma melanoclista. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: (362), (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Revision of the Oriental and Nearctic genus Ellabella (Lepidoptera: Copromorphidae)
J. B. Heppner. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 23(1): 50-73.
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 January, 2013 - 10:49am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 10 January, 2016 - 7:38am

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