Tinagma gaedikei
Appearance
Tinagma gaedikei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Douglasiidae |
Genus: | Tinagma |
Species: | T. gaedikei
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Binomial name | |
Tinagma gaedikei Harrison, 2005
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Tinagma gaedikei is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from central Illinois[1] and northern Kentucky.
Adults are on wing from late April to mid-May
The larvae feed on the fruit of Phacelia purshii. The species probably overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place in mid-April of the second year.[2]
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