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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Cacocharis

Genus Cacocharis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Genus Cacocharis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cacocharis Walsingham, 1892 (1)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet from Greek meaning "ill-omened." (1)
Print References
Brown, J.W., 2008. Review of the Neotropical genus Cacocharis Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini), with new synonymy and comments. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(3): 533-542. (PDF) (2)
Walsingham, Lord. 1891. On the micro-lepidoptera of the West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891(4): 503 (1)
Internet References
Lord Walsingham (Wikipedia)
Works Cited
1.On the micro-lepidoptera of the West Indies.
Lord Walsingham. 1891. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891(4): 492-548.
2.Review of the Neotropical genus Cacocharis Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini), with new synonymy and comments.
John W. Brown. 2008. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(3): 533-542.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 28 August, 2009 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 12:00pm

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