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Dichomeris Aenigmatica
''Dichomeris aenigmatica'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1962. It is native to Mexico, but has been purposely introduced to Hawaii in 1957 to control sour bush. The wingspan is about 11 mm. The larvae feed on ''Pluchea odorata ''Pluchea odorata'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. Common names include sweetscent, saltmarsh fleabane and shrubby camphorweed. Distribution The plant is native to the United States, Mexico, Central America, th ...''. External links * aenigmatica Moths described in 1962 {{Dichomeris-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus '' Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico '' The World Factbook''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by area; with approximately 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state geographically located within the tropics. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning that are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The state's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii—the last of these, after which the state is named, is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the United States' largest prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pluchea Odorata
''Pluchea odorata'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. Common names include sweetscent, saltmarsh fleabane and shrubby camphorweed. Distribution The plant is native to the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It inhabits wetlands and other coastal habitats and moist inland areas, often in saline substrates. It is an introduced species and a noxious weed in Hawaii and New Caledonia. Description ''Pluchea odorata'' is an annual or perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height over one meter. It is glandular, coated in rough trichomes (hairs), and strongly aromatic. The toothed oval leaves are up to long and alternately arranged on the stiff stems. The inflorescence is a large cluster of many flower heads. Each head is less than long and filled with bright pinkish-purple or magenta flowers. The fruit is a tiny achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dichomeris
''Dichomeris'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Selected species *''ligulella'' species group **'' Dichomeris ligulella'' Hübner, 1818 **'' Dichomeris gausapa'' Hodges, 1986 *''acuminata'' species group **'' Dichomeris acuminatus'' (Staudinger, 1876) **'' Dichomeris nenia'' Hodges, 1986 *''condaliavorella'' species group **'' Dichomeris condaliavorella'' (Busck, 1900) *''citrifoliella'' species group **'' Dichomeris blanchardorum'' Hodges, 1986 **'' Dichomeris citrifoliella'' (Chambers, 1880) **'' Dichomeris carycina'' (Meyrick, 1914) **'' Dichomeris caryophragma'' (Meyrick, 1923) **''Dichomeris diacnista'' (Meyrick, 1923) *''marginella'' species group **''Dichomeris marginella'' (Fabricius, 1781) **'' Dichomeris juniperella'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *''solatrix'' species group **''Dichomeris solatrix'' Hodges, 1986 *''hypochloa'' species group **'' Dichomeris hypochloa'' Walsingham, 1911 **'' Dichomeris sacricola'' (Meyrick, 1922) **'' Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
