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Genus Coelostathma

Pennsylvania Moth - Coelostathma discopunctana Tortricidae, The Batman Moth - Coelostathma discopunctana unknown moth - Coelostathma discopunctana Yellow moth with two dots - Coelostathma placidana unknown moth - Coelostathma discopunctana Coelostathma placidana? - Coelostathma Coelostathma discopunctan - Coelostathma discopunctana Coelostathma discopunctana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Sparganothini
Genus Coelostathma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelostathma Clemens, 1860 (1)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet possibly from the Latin coelostat meaning "sky."
Numbers
Two described North American species:
Coelostathma discopunctana (widespread, East)
Coelostathma placidana from Florida, Southeast--described in 2012
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 355. (1)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.