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Species Stathmopoda aenea - Hodges#1070.1

1070.1 Stathmopoda aenea - Stathmopoda aenea Which Schreckensteinia  - Stathmopoda aenea Pennsylvania Moth - Stathmopoda aenea Pennsylvania Moth - Stathmopoda aenea Hodges#1070.1 * Stathmopoda aenea - Stathmopoda aenea Hodges#1070.1 * Stathmopoda aenea - Stathmopoda aenea
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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 Stathmopodidae
Genus Stathmopoda
Species aenea (Stathmopoda aenea - Hodges#1070.1)
Hodges Number
1070.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stathmopoda aenea (Braun, 1918)
Erineda aenea Braun, 1918 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "bronzed." (2)
Size
Wingspan 8-9 mm. (1)
Food
Diplazium pycnocarpon (Sw.) M. Kato [Asplenium angustifolium] (narrow-leaved spleenwort)
Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato [Asplenium acrostichoides] (silvery spleenwort)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott (Christmas fern).
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1918. New species of microlepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 50(7): 229-231.(1)