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Species Chionodes lugubrella - Hodges#2090

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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 Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (lugubrella group)
No Taxon (lugubrella complex)
Species lugubrella (Chionodes lugubrella - Hodges#2090)
Hodges Number
2090
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes lugubrella (Fabricius, 1794)
Tinea lugubrella Fabricius, 1794
Size
The wingspan averages 14–18 mm.
Season
Pohl et al. (2010) reported late June to early August in Alberta, Canada. (1)
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 185; pl. 3, fig. 15, pl. 4, fig. 40. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 9, fig. 13; p. 95. (3)
Works Cited
1. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems