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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 » Prolita » Prolita recens - Hodges#1896 (Prolita recens)

Species Prolita recens - Hodges#1896

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Prolita recens - Hodges #1896 - Prolita recens

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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 Prolita

Species recens (Prolita recens - Hodges#1896)

Hodges Number

1896

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prolita recens (Hodges, 1966) (1)(2)

Lita recens Hodges, 1966

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length of 9-10. mm. (3)

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported California and Utah to Colorado, north to British Columbia and Montana. (3)

Holotype from Mt. Shasta, California.

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) recorded adults from August to October. (3)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) listed Ericameria cuneara and E. linearifolia. (3)

Print References

Hodges, R.W., 1966. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 119(3547): 31; figs. 30, 75, 147, 210, 202.

Hodges, R.W., 1966. Revision of Nearctic Gelechiidae. 1. The Lita group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 119: (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 8, fig. 13; p. 90. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Nearctic Gelechiidae. 1. The Lita group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) R. W. . Hodges. 1966. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 119: 1-66.

2.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 October, 2013 - 7:24am
Last updated 19 December, 2014 - 10:49am

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