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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Nites » Nites maculatella - Hodges#0945 (Nites maculatella)

Species Nites maculatella - Hodges#0945

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nites maculatella - female Nites maculatella - Hodges#0945 - Nites maculatella - female Nites sp.? - Nites maculatella
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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 Depressariinae
Genus Nites
Species maculatella (Nites maculatella - Hodges#0945)
Hodges Number
0945
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nites maculatella (Busck, 1908)
Depressaria maculatella Busck, 1908
Phylogenetic sequence # 027200
Size
Clarke (1941) listed the wingspan as 21-23 mm. (1)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Lectotype ♂ collected by A.W. Hanham, Ontario, Canada, NMNH. (1)
Season
The adults are most common during the months of May to October.
Print References
Clarke, J.F.G . 1942. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 90: 194; pl. 34, figs. 191-191b; pl. 47, fig. 275. (1)
Hodges, R.W. 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p. 80; pl. 5.22, 24. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species
J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2013 - 11:04pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 5:19pm

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