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Sciota
Genus
Sciota
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily
Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily
Phycitinae
Tribe
Phycitini
No Taxon
(Nephopteryx Series)
No Taxon
(Sciota Group)
Genus
Sciota
Other Common Names
Leafroller
(
1
)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sciota
Hulst, 1888
Syn:
Nephopterix
Hbn., 1825
Numbers
19 spp. n. of Mex.
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2
)
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1888. New genera and species of Epipaschiae [sic] and Phycitidae. Entomologica Americana 4: 113-118. (
pg. 115
)
Works Cited
1.
Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.
Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by
Jeff Hollenbeck
on 10 April, 2007 - 8:08pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Boone
,
Mike Quinn
,
ceiseman
,
Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 September, 2015 - 5:33pm