Homaledra heptathalama explained

Homaledra heptathalama, the exclamation moth or palm leaf housemaker, is a moth in the family Pterolonchidae. It was described by August Busck in 1900. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and South Carolina.[1]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1900 by August Busck using specimens from Palm Beach, Florida.[2] It was included in the family Coleophoridae by Ron Hodges in 1983. Hodges then moved it to the subfamily Batrachedrinae of the Batrachedridae in 1999.[2] [3] [4] In 2014, a cladistic analysis performed by Heikkilä et al., made them decide it was necessary to reclassify the genus in the family Pterolonchidae.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1421 Moth Photographers Group
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Homaledra . 5 February 2015 . Lepidoptera and some other life forms . 22 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Batrachedridae Overview . Brown . Richard L. . 19 August 2015 . Gelechioidea - a Global Framework . . 12 December 2019.
  4. Book: Hodges, Ronald W. . Ronald W. Hodges . The Gelechioidea . Kristensen . N.P. . 1999 . Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology Vol. 4, part 35. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Vol. 1. Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography . Berlin . Walter de Gruyter . 131–158 . 9783110157048.
  5. Heikkilä . Maria . Mutanen . Marko . species:Marko Mutanen . Kekkonen . Mari . Kaila . Lauri . Lauri Kaila . November 2014 . Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) . Cladistics . 30 . 6 . 563–589 . 10.1111/cla.12064 . 17 December 2019. free .

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