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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Eccritothrix » Eccritothrix guenterella - Hodges#0422 (Eccritothrix guenterella)

Species Eccritothrix guenterella - Hodges#0422

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Tineinae
Genus Eccritothrix
Species guenterella (Eccritothrix guenterella - Hodges#0422)
Hodges Number
0422
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eccritothrix guenterella Koçak, 1986, nom. nov.
Tinea trimaculella Chambers, 1873 (1)
Numbers
Eccritothrix trimaculella is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Chambers (1873) listed a wingspan of 7/16 inch. [11.1125 mm.] (1)
Identification
Summary of Chambers (1873) description. (1)
Forewings straw color and dusted with brownish gray scales.
The head is a shade deeper yellow.
There are two small brownish gray spots in the middle of the forewing, the one nearest the costal margin is usually less distinct, and a third more distinct spot at the end of the disc.
Hindwings shiny pale or whitish yellow.
Range
Eccritothrix trimaculella occurs in much of eastern North America. (4), (3)
Holotype collected in Kentucky. (1)
Season
The flight period appears to be May to September. (5), (3)
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5: 88. (1)
Koçak, A.O., 1982-1987. On the validity of the species-group names proposed by Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 in Ankundegung (sic!) eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wiener Gegend. Priamus, 2: 55.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
Works Cited
1.Micro-Lepidoptera
V. T. Chambers. 1873. The Canadian Entomologist 5(5): 85-91.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
5.Butterflies of North America
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 October, 2013 - 4:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 8:20am

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