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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Gnorimoschema

Genus Gnorimoschema

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Goldenrod Elliptical-Gall Moth - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis gall on flat-topped white aster - Gnorimoschema Goldenrod Elliptical-Gall Moth - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis Gnorimoschema salinaris Gnorimoschema salinaris Moth - Gnorimoschema coquillettella Gnorimoschema semicyclionella Rabbitbrush Stem Gall Moth - Gnorimoschema
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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 Gnorimoschemini
Genus Gnorimoschema
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnorimoschema Busck, 1939
Numbers
95 Nearctic species (1)
Nearctica lists 44 species.
All-Leps lists 66 species (in the world).
Habitat
The larval habits are diverse, from free-living sand dwellers to leaf miners, stem borers and gall makers. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - Unidentified Gnorimoschema Moths
Gnorimoschema Taxa on WikiSpecies
Host associated genetic differentiation in the goldenrod elliptical-gall moth, Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Works Cited
1.Gnorimoschemini fauna of Alberta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Vazrick Nazari, Jean-François Landry. 2012. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1-117.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 4 March, 2007 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 8:43pm

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