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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Stenomatinae » Menestomorpha » Menestomorpha oblongata - Hodges#1028 (Menestomorpha oblongata)

Species Menestomorpha oblongata - Hodges#1028

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Unknown moth - Menestomorpha oblongata - female

Menestomorpha oblongata? - Menestomorpha oblongata

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Stenomatinae

Genus Menestomorpha

Species oblongata (Menestomorpha oblongata - Hodges#1028)

Hodges Number

1028

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Menestomorpha oblongata Walsingham, 1907

Numbers

There are two named species of Menestomorpha in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan 15 mm.

Range

Florida to Texas, and southern California. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the host plants as Quercus spp. (oak). (3)

Print References

Duckworth, D.W., 1964. North American Stenomidae (Lepidopters: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States Museum of Natural History, 115(3495): 48. (4), (5)

Walsingham, L., 1907. Descriptions of new North American tineid moths, with a generic table of the family Blastobasidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1567): 215. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

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.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Proceedings of the United States National Museum- Journal available for free at Internet Archive

5.	North American Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). W. Donald Duckworth. 1964. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 116(3495): 23-71.

6.	Descriptions of new North American tineid moths, with a generic table of the family Blastobasidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1907. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1567): 197-228.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 July, 2013 - 12:29am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:19pm

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