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.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 September, 2013 - 1:58pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:07am

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