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Species Monochroa gilvolinella - Hodges#1710

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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 Anomologinae
Genus Monochroa
Species gilvolinella (Monochroa gilvolinella - Hodges#1710)
Hodges Number
1710
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Monochroa gilvolinella (Clemens, 1863) (1)
Gelechia gilvolinella Clemens, 1863
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Eastern United States; also found in other parts of the world.
Season
The main flight period is May to August. (2)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1863. America Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2: 119.
Forbes, 1923: 297. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Moths of North Carolina
Works Cited
1.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 October, 2013 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 7:15am

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