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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 » Litini » Neotelphusa

Genus Neotelphusa

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Mystery Moth - Neotelphusa on-myricaceae Neotelphusa praefixa - male Crepuscular rock-rose moth - Neotelphusa on-myricaceae Aristotelia ? - Neotelphusa on-myricaceae New Jersey Moth for ID - Neotelphusa praefixa New Jersey Moth for ID - Neotelphusa praefixa Blueberry Leaf Shelter Caterpillar - Neotelphusa praefixa Neotelphusa praefixa
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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 Litini
Genus Neotelphusa
Remarks
There are three species currently recognized in the North American checklist of Lepidoptera. However, I (ASH) believe that there are only two species present in our area. N. sequax is a European species. While over 1,600 Nearctic specimens of Neotelphusa have been barcoded, none barcode as sequax, BOLD:AAL5674. The holotype of N. querciella appears to be a Pseudotelphusa or Xenolechia, which fits its host plant, oak.

There are two BINs of North American Neotelphusa. BOLD:AAA6353 represents N. praefixa, which is a leaftier of blueberry (Vaccinium). BOLD:AAH4952 represents a presumably undescribed species I have reared from bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) on Block Island.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 September, 2014 - 6:38am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 12 November, 2022 - 1:35pm

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