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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) » occidentella complex (Chionodes occidentella complex) » Chionodes occidentella - Hodges#2100 (Chionodes occidentella)

Species Chionodes occidentella - Hodges#2100

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Moth for ID - Chionodes occidentella Chionodes occidentella from the Presidio - Chionodes occidentella Chionodes occidentella from the Presidio - Chionodes occidentella possible Chionodes occidentella – - Chionodes occidentella
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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 (occidentella complex)
Species occidentella (Chionodes occidentella - Hodges#2100)
Hodges Number
2100
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes occidentella (Chambers, 1875)
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6, p. 127; pl. 2.35-37. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 9, fig. 1; p. 94. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 September, 2013 - 6:23pm

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