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Tinagma gaedikei

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Moth species in family Douglasiidae

Tinagma gaedikei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. microleps.org
Taxon identifiers
Tinagma gaedikei


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