Eteobalea sexnotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Eteobalea
Species:
E. sexnotella
Binomial name
Eteobalea sexnotella
(Chambers, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia sexnotella Chambers, 1878
  • Stagmatophora sexnotella
  • Mompha sexnotella

Eteobalea sexnotella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Hampshire to Florida, as well as in Arkansas, Texas and Ontario.[1][2][3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in January and from March to September.

The larvae feed on Trichostema dichotomum and Trichostema suffrutescens in stem galls.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Eteobalea at funet
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
  4. ↑ Fannie Adelle Stebbins (1909), Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity, Springfield: Springfield Museum of Natural History, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.28611, LCCN agr10000838, OCLC 2488395, OL 13499519M, Wikidata Q51494932
  5. ↑ James George Needham (1945). "A Pedicel Gall on Trichostema". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 53 (3): 259–261. ISSN 0028-7199. JSTOR 25005122. Wikidata Q107536135.


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