Species Perimede falcata - Hodges#1632

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Perimede falcata - Hodges #1632 - Perimede falcata

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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae

Genus Perimede

Species falcata (Perimede falcata - Hodges#1632)

Hodges Number

1632

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Perimede falcata Braun, 1919

Size

Wingspan 11.5-14 mm. (263)

Identification

The original description is online in the print references below

Range

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The adults are most common from March to September: year round in Florida. (1)

See Also

Perimede erransella.

Print References

Braun, A., 1919. Notes on Cosmopterigidae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Microlepidoptera). Entomological News and Proceedings of the Academay of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. p. (263)

Hodges, R.W., 1978. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 131; pl. 5.46. (2)

Hodges, R. W., 1969. Nearctic Walshiidae notes and new taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). 11-14 (3)

Hodges, R. W., 1962. The genus Perimede Chambers in North America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Walshiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 64 (3): 148 (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae. Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.

3.	Nearctic Walshiidae notes and new taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) Hodges, R. W. 1969. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 18: 1-30.

4.	The genus Perimede Chambers in North America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Walshiidae) Hodges, R. W. 1962. Entomological Society of Washington.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 March, 2013 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 15 March, 2015 - 5:39am

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