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 - Hodges#0945 - Nites maculatella - female

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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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