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Species Anacampsis lacteusochrella - Hodges#2239

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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 Anacampsinae
Tribe Anacampsini
Genus Anacampsis
Species lacteusochrella (Anacampsis lacteusochrella - Hodges#2239)

Hodges Number

2239

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis lacteusochrella (Chambers, 1875)
Gelechia lacteus-ochrella Chambers, 1875 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #420481.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "milky-ocherous" for the wings "white very faintly suffused with ocherous." (1)

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 5.5-7.5 mm. (2)

Habitat

Powell & Opler (2009) reported desert and coastal sandy habitats. (2)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) collected adults March to October. (2)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) listed. (2)
Croton californicus Müll. Arg.
Croton setigerus Hook. [Eremocarpus setigerus].

Print References

Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of the United States. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(3): 244. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 10, fig. 31; p. 101. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Vactor Tousey Chambers (1830-1883)

Works Cited

1.Teneina of the United States.
Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1875. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(3): 226-258.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 November, 2013 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 March, 2018 - 4:33pm

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