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Species Taygete citrinella - Hodges#1843

Arizona Moth - Taygete citrinella Arizona Moth - Taygete citrinella Taygete citrinella Taygete citrinella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Autostichidae
Subfamily Symmocinae
Genus Taygete
Species citrinella (Taygete citrinella - Hodges#1843)
Hodges Number
1843
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Taygete citrinella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Epithectis citrinella Barnes & Busck, 1920
Identification
See original description in print references below.
Range
Records from California and Arizona (1).
Season
Records from June and July (1).
Print References
Barnes & Busck, 1920. Contributions to the Natural History of Lepidoptera of North America. 4(3): 224.
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