Species Chionodes fructuaria - Hodges#2078

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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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