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Species Pyroderces albistrigella - Hodges#1514

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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)
Subfamily Cosmopteriginae
Genus Pyroderces
Species albistrigella (Pyroderces albistrigella - Hodges#1514)
Hodges Number
1514
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyroderces albistrigella (Möschler, 1890)
Batrachedra albistrigella Moschler 1890
Numbers
There are three named species of the genus Pyroderces in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 15 mm. (1)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include the Gulf Coast, Florida(2) to Texas; West Indies. (3)
Holotype labeled "Porto Rico"
Season
Heppner (2003) reported May to October, December. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the host as unknown. (3)
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1978. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1. E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 48; pl. 3.34. (4)
Moschler, H.B. 1890. Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 15: 345, 354.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.
Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 November, 2013 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 30 August, 2018 - 5:00am

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