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Species Pseudopostega quadristrigella - Hodges#0122

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Opostegidae
Subfamily Oposteginae
Genus Pseudopostega
Species quadristrigella (Pseudopostega quadristrigella - Hodges#0122)
Hodges Number
0122
Other Common Names
The name "Gooseberry Barkminer" has been used for this moth due to confusion with Opostegoides scioterma in older literature. The host and larval habits of Pseudopostega quadristrigella are unknown.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudopostega quadristrigella (Chambers, 1875)
Opostega quadristrigella Chambers, 1875
Internet References
Davis, D.R. & J.R. Stonis, 2007. A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 625: 1–212.