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Species Dichomeris offula - Hodges#2305.1

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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Dichomeridinae
Genus Dichomeris
Species offula (Dichomeris offula - Hodges#2305.1)
Hodges Number
2305.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichomeris offula Hodges, 1986 (1)
Range
Eastern United States and across all of southern Canada. (2)
McAlpine et al. (2010) includes Nova Scotia. (3)
Season
Adults most common March to October.
Print References
Brown, J.W. Adamski, D., Hodges, R.W. & S.M. Bahr II, 2004. Catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Zootaxa 510, p. 103. (4)
Hodges, R.W., 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 117; pl. 3, fig. 21. (1)
Lee, S. Hodges, R.W. & R.L. Brown, 2009. Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa 2231, p. 36. (5)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico: Fascicle 7.1, Revision of North American Gelechiidae family and...
Hodges, R. W. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
4.Catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of ...
John W. Brown, Jon Lewis. 2000. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 102: 1014-1069 .
5.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.Butterflies of North America