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Species Scrobipalpopsis petrella - Hodges#2045

Ptycerata petrella 2045 - Scrobipalpopsis petrella

Blotch mine of Antennaria plantaginifolia - Scrobipalpopsis petrella

Scrobipalpopsis from Antennaria plantaginifolia - Scrobipalpopsis petrella

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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 Scrobipalpopsis

Species petrella (Scrobipalpopsis petrella - Hodges#2045)

Hodges Number

2045

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scrobipalpopsis petrella (Busck, 1915) (1)

Gnorimoschema petrella Busck 1915

Ptycerata petrella (2)

Size

Wingspan about 17 mm. (Busck)

Identification

Busck (1915) original description as Gnorimoschema petrella is available in the print references.

Range

Northeastern North America; Alberta. (3)

Holotype ♂ collected Hampton, New Hampshire. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from June to October. (5)

Print References

Busck, A. 1915. Descriptions of new North American Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 17: 83.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

2.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

3.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

4.	Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 May, 2013 - 12:28am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 10 November, 2018 - 3:23pm

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