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Species Rhamphura altisierrae - Hodges#1649

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 Scythrididae (Flower Moths)
Genus Rhamphura
Species altisierrae (Rhamphura altisierrae - Hodges#1649)

Hodges Number

1649

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhamphura altisierrae (Keifer(1), 1937)
Scythris altisierrae Keifer, 1937

Numbers

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 6.7-7 mm. (2)
Keifer (1937) reported the larva mature to 10-12 mm. (3)

Range

California. (2), Montana

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) list one larval host plant of Solanum xantii A. Gray (chaparral nightshade). (2)

Print References

Keifer, H.H. 1937. California microlepidoptera XI. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California 26(2): 186-188; pl. 5 (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 79; pl. 6, fig. 38. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.Hartford H. Keifer - pioneer California microlepidopterist
Jerry A Powell. 1990. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 44(4): 273-284.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.California microlepidoptera XI
H.H Keifer. 1937. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California, 26(2): 186-188.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 June, 2013 - 10:26am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 September, 2014 - 9:19pm

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