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Species Acalyptris thoracealbella - Hodges#0112

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Nepticulidae
Genus Acalyptris
Species thoracealbella (Acalyptris thoracealbella - Hodges#0112)
Hodges Number
0112
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acalyptris thoracealbella (Chambers, 1873)
Nepticula thoracealbella Chambers, 1873 (1)
Microcalyptris thoracealbella (2)
Nepticula badiocapitella Chambers, 1876 (3), (4)
Phylogentic sequence #160074.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "white thorax."
Size
Wingspan: ♂ 4.6-5.2 mm, ♀ 4.6-4.8 mm. (3), (5)
Identification
Adult - head dark ochreous, antenna scape (eye caps) shiny white, antennae pale gray-brown, collar dark ochreous, thorax whitish, abdomen pale yellow-brown reflecting metallic gray, legs pale yellow-brown with metallic gray scaling. Forewing pale brown reflecting bronze, single off-white medial fascia broadening at the dorsal margin followed by two patches of the same color. Fringe pale gray-white, hindwing pale brown with pale gray-white fringe. See Wilkinson (1979) in Print References.
Range
Scattered records from Indiana, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. (3), (5), (6)
Holotype ♂ collected in Kentucky. (1)
Food
Larvae are probably leaf miners but the host is unknown.
Print References
Braun, A.F., 1917. Nepticulidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 43: 189. (3)
Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5(7): 127. (1)
Chambers, V.T., 1876. Tineina. The Canadian Entomologist 8(8): 160. (4)
Wilkinson, C., 1979. A taxonomic study of the micro-lepidopteran genera Microcalyptris Braun and Fomoria Beirne occurring in the United States of America (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 122(4): 67.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Micro-Lepidoptera
V. T. Chambers. 1873. The Canadian Entomologist 5(5): 85-91.
2.New leaf-mining moths of the family Nepticulidae from Florida.
Donald R. Davis. 1978. The Florida Entomologist 61(4): 209-224.
3.Nepticulidae of North America.
Annette F. Braun. 1917. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43: 155-209.
4.Tineina.
Victor T. Chambers. 1876. The Canadian Entomologist 8(6): 103-106, (cont.) 8(8): 158-160.
5.A taxonomic study of the micro-lepidopteran genera Microcalyptris Braun and Fomoria Beirne occurring in the United States ...
Christopher Wilkinson. 1979. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 122(4): 59-90.
6.A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine. Part 2, The Microlepidoptera. Section 1 & 2
Auburn E. Brower. 1984. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 114: 1-70.
7.North American Moth Photographers Group