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Species Pseudogalleria inimicella - Inimical Borer Moth - Hodges#3500

Oletheutinae - Hodges #3500 - Inimical Borer Moth - Pseudogalleria inimicella

Pennsylvania Moth - Pseudogalleria inimicella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Grapholitini

Genus Pseudogalleria

Species inimicella (Inimical Borer Moth - Hodges#3500)

Hodges Number

3500

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudogalleria inimicella (Zeller, 1872)

Galleria inimicella Zeller, 1872 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621391.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet derived from Latin meaning "enemy, hostile."

Size

Wingspan 16.5-23 mm. (2)

Range

Maine to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma, north to Indiana, Manatoba, and southern Ontario. (3), (2), (4)

Type Location: Dallas, Texas (Boll).

Food

Larvae bore below ground in the rootstocks of greenbriar (Smilax, Smilacaceae), including smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea). (2), (4)

Print References

Forbes, W.T.M., 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. Cornell University Memoir 68: 447. (4)

Heinrich. C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 13. (2)

Zeller, P.C., 1872. Beiträge zur Kentniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter besonders der Microlepidopteren. 113. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Tortricid.net

Philipp Christoph Zeller

Works Cited

1.	Beiträge zur Kentniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter besonders der Microlepidopteren Philipp Christoph Zeller. 1872. Wien: A. Holzhausen.

2.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 29 May, 2013 - 11:10am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 29 January, 2019 - 8:14am

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