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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Anacampsis » Anacampsis wikeri - Hodges# 2251.1 (Anacampsis wikeri)

Species Anacampsis wikeri - Hodges# 2251.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gelechiidae on Lead Plant - Anacampsis wikeri

Gelechiidae, spent pupal cases - Anacampsis wikeri

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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 Anacampsinae

Tribe Anacampsini

Genus Anacampsis

Species wikeri (Anacampsis wikeri - Hodges# 2251.1)

Hodges Number

2251.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsis wikeri Harrison, 2013

Phylogenetic sequence #420495.00

Explanation of Names

Named for Illinois lepidopterist James Wiker, who discovered the species and worked out the life history.

Range

Presently known from Illinois and Iowa; actual range probably larger.

Habitat

Obligate prairie species.

Food

Monophagous on leadplant, Amorpha canescens (Fabaceae).

Life Cycle

Univoltine, wintering as adult; mating occurs in spring; larva feeds in terminal leaflets of host, early in the season as leaves are first appearing; final-instar larva occurs mid- to late May (central Illinois); pupation and adult emergence follow straightaway, with most adults emerging around mid-June, then overwintering.

Life cycle images:

larva in leaf shelter; larva; spent pupae; adult

Remarks

The larva of a tortricid, Hystrichophora taleana, occupies the same feeding mode on leadplant at the same time as A. wikeri; the tortricid larva is somewhat heavier, and has more prominent setal pinacula, than A. wikeri.

Print References

Harrison, T.L. & M.R. Berenbaum, 2013. A new, prairie-restricted species of Anacampsis Curtis (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Illinois. Zootaxa, 3741(1): 194-200.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Terry Harrison on 13 March, 2014 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 28 March, 2018 - 4:57pm

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