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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 » Litini » Teleiopsis » Teleiopsis baldiana - Hodges#1882 (Teleiopsis baldiana)

Species Teleiopsis baldiana - Hodges#1882

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Gelechiinae

Tribe Litini

Genus Teleiopsis

Species baldiana (Teleiopsis baldiana - Hodges#1882)

Hodges Number

1882

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Teleiopsis baldiana (Barnes & Busck, 1920)

Telphusa baldiana Barnes & Busck, 1920 (1)

Numbers

Teleiopsis baldiana is the only member of the genus that occurs north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Forewing length 8.5-10 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

California. (3), (2)

Habitat

Lower elevations of California in association with the host plant. (2)

Season

Moth Photographers Group has February to August records.

Powell & Opler (2009) listed April to August. (2)

Food

Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene (Pacific poison oak). (2)

Life Cycle

Larvae are leaf rollers.

Remarks

Rare in collections even though the species has a vary large range in California. (2)

See Also

The highly variable Nolidae: Garella nilotica

Print References

Barnes & Busck, 1920. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. The Review Press, 4: 225. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 8.10, p. 89. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4) William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 May, 2013 - 9:36pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:01pm

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