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Species Areniscythris brachypteris - Hodges#1680

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Scythrididae (Flower Moths)

Genus Areniscythris

Species brachypteris (Areniscythris brachypteris - Hodges#1680)

Hodges Number

1680

Explanation of Names

Author: Powell, 1976

Print References

Powell, Jerry A. 1976. A remarkable new genus of brachypterous moth from coastal sand dunes in California (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 69(2):325-339.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 January, 2015 - 8:29am

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