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Genus Tinagma

Douglasiidae, Tinagma gaedikei - Tinagma gaedikei Tinagma giganteum - Hodges #2485 - Tinagma gigantea Tiny wing flicker on Millefoil - Tinagma Tiny wing flicker on Millefoil - Tinagma Tinagma obscurofasciella - male Tinagma dryadis Tinagma dryadis Tinagma dryadis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Douglasioidea (Douglas Moths)
Family Douglasiidae (Douglas Moths)
Genus Tinagma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tinagma Zeller, 1839
Douglasia Stainton, 1854
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Tinagma is Greek for "jerk," for the jerking motion of the insect. (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.