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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Chionodes » formosella group (Chionodes formosella group) » sistrella complex (Chionodes sistrella complex) » Chionodes fructuaria - Hodges#2078 (Chionodes fructuaria)

Species Chionodes fructuaria - Hodges#2078

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Twirler moth - Chionodes fructuaria moth - Chionodes fructuaria moth - Chionodes fructuaria moth - Chionodes fructuaria moth - Chionodes fructuaria Chionodes fructuaria
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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (formosella group)
No Taxon (sistrella complex)
Species fructuaria (Chionodes fructuaria - Hodges#2078)
Hodges Number
2078
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes fructuaria (Braun, 1925) (1)
Gelechia fructuaria Braun 1925
Size
forewing length = 4.9-7.1 mm (2)
Range
Southern Texas to California and Idaho.
One 1985 record from Alberta, Canada. (3)
Print References
Hodges, R.W. 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 97; pl. 2.4-5. (2)
Busck, A. 1939. Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3064).(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera
August Busck. 1939. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 86(3064): 563-593.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 January, 2014 - 1:20am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 4 April, 2023 - 2:06pm

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