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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Casebearer Moths (Coleophoridae) » Coleophorinae » Coleophora » Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers (Coleophora Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers) » Coleophora texanella - Hodges#1336 (Coleophora texanella)

Species Coleophora texanella - Hodges#1336

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1336 - Coleophora texanella Coleophora texanella Coleophora texanella
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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 Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)
Subfamily Coleophorinae
Genus Coleophora
No Taxon (Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers)
Species texanella (Coleophora texanella - Hodges#1336)
Hodges Number
1336
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coleophora texanella Chambers, 1878
Size
Chambers (1878) listed a wingspan of about 11.5 mm.
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Range
Metzler & Zebold (1995) reported the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, west to North Dakota; California.
Food
The larvae feed on the seeds of Portulaca species.
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas , and others from more northerly localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey, 4: 93.
Metzler, E.H. & R.A. Zebold, 1995. Twenty-eight Species of Moths. New to Ohio from Huffman Prairie, Greene. County (Lepidoptera). Ohio Journal of Science, 3: 240-242. (PDF)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 April, 2014 - 7:44am

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