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Species Antaeotricha osseella - Hodges#1015

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Stenomatinae

Genus Antaeotricha

Species osseella (Antaeotricha osseella - Hodges#1015)

Hodges Number

1015

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Antaeotricha osseella (Walsingham, 1889)

Ide osseella Walsingham, 1889 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #420228

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from osse meaning "bone" for the "bone-color" features of the moth. (1)

Size

Wingspan 24 mm. (1)

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, Illinois to Texas. (2)

Season

The main flight period appears to be June to August.

Heppner (2003) lists May to July, September to October in Florida. (2)

Print References

Walsingham, L. 1889. Steps towards a revision of Chambers' index, with notes and descriptions of new species. Insect Life 2(5): 155. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Steps towards a revision of Chambers' index, with notes and descriptions of new species. (continuing series vol. 2) Lord Walsingham. 1889. Insect Life 2(1-5, 9,10): 23-26, 51-54, 77-81, 116-120, 150-155, 284-286, 322-326.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 January, 2014 - 1:36pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 November, 2017 - 11:27am

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