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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 » Gelechiini » Chionodes » formosella group (Chionodes formosella group) » lophosella complex (Chionodes lophosella complex) » Chionodes nanodella - Hodges#2095 (Chionodes nanodella)

Species Chionodes nanodella - Hodges#2095

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Gelechiini

Genus Chionodes

No Taxon (formosella group)

No Taxon (lophosella complex)

Species nanodella (Chionodes nanodella - Hodges#2095)

Hodges Number

2095

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes nanodella (Busck, 1910)

Gelechia nanodella Busck, 1910 (1)

Size

Forewing length 4.5-6.5 mm. (2)

Range

Southern California and Channel Islands. (3), (4), (2)

Habitat

Larvae are usually found at base of plants on decaying vegetation. (2)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported March to June, August to September records. (2)

Moth Photographers Group has records from January to August, October, and November. (5)

Print References

Busck, A. 1909. New Microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines (Stainton). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.. 11: 179. (1)

Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. p. 68; pl. 1-24-27. (6)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 92; pl. 8, figs. 29-31. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

University of California, Berkeley

Works Cited

1.	New Microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines (Stainton) August Busck. 1910. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 11: 175-188.

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

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Lepidoptera Recorded on Santa Catalina Island (2012 revised edition) Jerry A. Powell. 2004. Essig Museum of Entomology .

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes) Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 May, 2013 - 6:01pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 5:53pm

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