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Species Fabiola quinqueferella - Hodges#1054

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Works Cited
ZE.60929_Fabiola_quinqueferella - Fabiola quinqueferella Fabiola quinqueferella
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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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
Subfamily Oecophorinae
Tribe Oecophorini
Genus Fabiola
Species quinqueferella (Fabiola quinqueferella - Hodges#1054)
Hodges Number
1054
Identification
Distinctive forewing has basal yellow streak, alternating radiating bands of chestnut/orange and white in middle, speckled outer 1/3, and a series of 4 black spots along the outer margin.
Images of several living individuals can be viewed on iNaturalist.
Range
California; iNaturalist and MPG records from northern Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada.
Season
July-August (iNaturalist)(1)
Print References
Walsingham, T. de G., 1881. On some North American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 322.
Works Cited
1.On some North-American Tineidae.
Lord Walsingham. 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 301-324, Pl.35,36.
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 10 August, 2014 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 5:26am

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