Species Hypoplesia dietziella - Hodges#0321

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

No Taxon (Incertae sedis)

Genus Hypoplesia

Species dietziella (Hypoplesia dietziella - Hodges#0321)

Hodges Number

0321

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypoplesia dietziella Busck, 1913 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Dr. William G. Dietz (1848-1932), "who very recently revised the very difficult group to which this species belongs." (2) Born in Germany, he emigrated to the United States after the Franco-Prussian War. Dietz was a physician and amateur entomologist, specializing in beetles, especially weevils, but also in lepidoptera.

Numbers

Hypoplesia includes two species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Wingspan 16-20 mm. (1)

Identification

The original description is available online in the print references below.

Range

California to Washington. (4)

Season

Adults are most common from June to August.

Print References

Busck, A. 1913. New California Microlepidoptera. Journal of Entomology and Zoology. 5: 101. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	New Californian Microlepidoptera August Busck. 1913. Journal of Entomology and Zoology 5: 96-102 .

2.	New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina W. D. Kearfott. 1908. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 167-188.

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 May, 2013 - 12:55am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 10:46pm

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