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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Chionodes » obscurusella group (Chionodes obscurusella group) » obscurusella complex (Chionodes obscurusella complex) » Boxelder leafworm moth - Hodges#2099 (Chionodes obscurusella)

Species Chionodes obscurusella - Boxelder leafworm moth - Hodges#2099

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Starflower gelechiid - Chionodes obscurusella

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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 Gelechiinae

Tribe Gelechiini

Genus Chionodes

No Taxon (obscurusella group)

No Taxon (obscurusella complex)

Species obscurusella (Boxelder leafworm moth - Hodges#2099)

Hodges Number

2099

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes obscurusella (Chambers, 1872) (1)

Gelechia obscurusella Chambers 1872

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

British Columbia and Washington to Newfoundland; eastern United States. (2), (3), (4)

Season

The adults are most common from June to October, but there are scattered records from January to November.

Print References

Chambers, 1872. The Canadian Entomologist, 4: 106.

Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6, p. 123; pl. 2.27-30. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

2.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	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.

5.	The Nearctic obscurusella group of the genus Chionodes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) K. Sattler. 1967. The Canadian Entomologist, 99(1): 75-85.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 August, 2013 - 2:07pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 7:48pm

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