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Common Name:
Twirler Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Gelechiini
Species:
Gelechia desiliens?

Hodges No: 1938

Location:
Cleveland National Forest
Palomar Mountain, CA
USA
GPS: 33.314501,-116.867218

Date: 11/25/11

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: or 2113 - Chionodes sabinianae or2118.3 – Chionodes nitor?

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Gelechia desiliens? Gelechiidae
Twirler Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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