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Species Aroga morenella - Hodges#2192

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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 Gelechiini
Genus Aroga
Species morenella (Aroga morenella - Hodges#2192)
Hodges Number
2192
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aroga morenella (Busck, 1908)
Gelechia morenella Busck, 1908 (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan 16-18 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
California to southern Nevada and Arizona. (3), (4), (5)
Baja California. (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Desert to 4,800- 5,700'. (5)
Season
April to October. (3)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Busck, A. 1908. Descriptions of two new Gelechidae from California. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 19: 317. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 9.35, p. 97. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Descriptions of two new Gelechidae from California
August Busck. 1908. Entomological News Philadelphia 19: 316-317.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 April, 2013 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 7 December, 2020 - 7:06pm

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