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Species Chionodes latro - Hodges#2087.1

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
Species latro (Chionodes latro - Hodges#2087.1)
Hodges Number
2087.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes latro Hodges, 1999 (1), (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Florida. (3)
Holotype ♂ from Ocala National Forest, National Forest Road 75, Lake Delancy, Marion, Florida, United States. (4), (2)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported Septmber to November. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the larval host as unknown. (3)
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 224; pl. 3, figs. 68-69. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
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.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 August, 2014 - 3:14pm

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