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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Hieroxestinae » Opogona

Genus Opogona

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited
Moth - Opogona omoscopa Opogona omoscopa? - Opogona omoscopa Gelechiidae? - Opogona arizonensis What moth is this? - Opogona omoscopa Opogona arizonensis Opogona arizonensis Moth - Opogona n-sp Arizona Moth - Opogona arizonensis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Hieroxestinae
Genus Opogona
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Opogona Zeller, 1853
Identification
Adults - small moths with slender, pointed wings and mostly smooth, somewhat flattened heads and depressed bodies (1)
Works Cited
1.The North American moths of the Genera Phaeoses, Opogona, and Oinophila, with a discussion of their supergeneric affinities.
Donald R. Davis. 1978. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 282.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 October, 2009 - 6:02pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 May, 2012 - 7:03pm

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