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Species Monochroa absconditella - Hodges#1706

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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 absconditella (Monochroa absconditella - Hodges#1706)

Hodges Number

1706

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Monochroa absconditella (Walker, 1864)

Gelechia absconditella Walker 1864

Numbers

There are more than eleven species of the genus Monochroa in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Walker (1864) listed a wingspan of about 12.7 mm. ("6 lines")

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Maryland to Florida, Illinois to Texas. (3)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January to February; April to December. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larvae to feed in the stems of several plants. (3)

Ampelopsis sp. (Vitaceae).

Polygonum sp. (Polygonaceae)

P. densilflorum

P. punctatum

Remarks

Monochroa absconditella is the host of the Chalcidoid wasp Eupelmus cyaniceps.

Print References

Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of The United States National Museum. 1304: 801. (4)

Walker, F., 1864. List of the specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 29: 595.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

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

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 9:07pm

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