Tinagma gaedikei

Tinagma gaedikei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Douglasiidae
Genus: Tinagma
Species:
T. gaedikei
Binomial name
Tinagma gaedikei
Harrison, 2005

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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  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ microleps.org


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