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Species Carpatolechia fugitivella - Hodges#1874.2

A Carpatolechia sp. - Carpatolechia fugitivella A Carpatolechia sp. - Carpatolechia fugitivella Gelechioidea - Carpatolechia fugitivella Gelechioidea - Carpatolechia fugitivella Gelechioidea ? - Carpatolechia fugitivella Blastodacna ? - Carpatolechia fugitivella Carpatolechia fugitivella ? - Carpatolechia fugitivella Carpatolechia belangerell? - Carpatolechia fugitivella
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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 Litini
Genus Carpatolechia
Species fugitivella (Carpatolechia fugitivella - Hodges#1874.2 )
Hodges Number
1874.2
Other Common Names
Elm Leaf-Sewer (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carpatolechia fugitivella (Zeller, 1839) (2)
Numbers
There are three species of the genus Carpatolechia in America north of Mexico. (3)
Identification
Range
Ontario, Quebec
Season
June to July. (3)
Remarks
Carpatolechia fugitivella was previously known only from the Palearctic Region. First collected by J.-F. Landry, 13-VI-2001, Canada, Quebec, Aylmer, 48 rue du Couvent, 80 m, 45.3967°N, 75.849°W.
John Lee(4) has contributed specimens to the BOLD(5) project to further document the species in North America.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.A Carpatolechia sp.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 August, 2013 - 8:12pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:56am

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