Species Comadia redtenbacheri - Hodges#2689

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Cossoidea

Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)

Subfamily Cossinae

Genus Comadia

Species redtenbacheri (Comadia redtenbacheri - Hodges#2689)

Hodges Number

2689

Explanation of Names

Author of species Hammerschmidt, 1847.

Remarks

This is one of the kinds of "worms" put into "tequila" (really mescal) as a marketing gimmick.

Internet References

Nomina-Nearctica

Threatened edible insects in Hidalgo, Mexico and some measures to preserve them Article from the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicne (2006, v.2)

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 11 January, 2009 - 6:22pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 21 June, 2009 - 11:57pm

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