Species Agonopterix cajonensis - Hodges#0874

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Depressariidae

Subfamily Depressariinae

Genus Agonopterix

Species cajonensis (Agonopterix cajonensis - Hodges#0874)

Hodges Number

0874

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agonopterix cajonensis Clarke, 1941 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named for the Cajon Valley where the type specimens were collected.

Size

Clarke (1941) listed the wingspan as 20-23 mm. (1)

Range

California. (2), (3)

Holotype ♂ from Cajon Valley, California. (1)

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G., 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 90: p. 82; plate 31, figs. 180, 180a; plate 42, figs. 244, 244a. (1)

Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc., p. 29; pl. 1.37. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 October, 2013 - 4:03pm
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 8:30am

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