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Species Hellinsia caudelli - Caudell's Plume Moth - Hodges#6228

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Hellinsia caudelli
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)
Tribe Oidaematophorini
Genus Hellinsia
Species caudelli (Caudell's Plume Moth - Hodges#6228)

Hodges Number

6228

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hellinsia caudelli (Dyar, 1903)
Oidaematophorus caudelli Dyar, 1903

Numbers

Hellinsia includes more than 59 species in America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan is 20–27 mm.

Identification

Range

Southern California to Arizona. (3), (1), (4)

Print References

Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey 1921. The Pterophoridae of America, north of Mexico. The Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(4): plate 46, fig. 23.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Pterophoridae of North America
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 8:39pm
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 16 August, 2023 - 7:30pm

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