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Species Exoteleia anomala - Hodges#1840.1

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 Exoteleia
Species anomala (Exoteleia anomala - Hodges#1840.1)
Hodges Number
1840.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Exoteleia anomala Hodges, 1985
Numbers
There are 8 species of the genus Exoteleia in America north of Mexico.
Size
Hodges (1985) listed the forewing length as 4-5 mm.
Range
Arizona to Mississippi. (1)
Season
April to October. (1)
Food
Pinus sp. (pine).
Print References
Hodges, R.W, 1985. A new species of Exoteleia (Gelechiidae) reared from Ponderosa pine. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 39(2): 139.
Stevens, R., 1986. Life history and habits of Exoteleia anomala Hodges, a ponderosa pine needle miner in the southwestern United States (Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society,40(1): 23-26.