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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Fomoria

Genus Fomoria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
Fomoria septembrella - male Fomoria? - Fomoria septembrella - male Fomoria? - Fomoria septembrella - male Fomoria female - Fomoria septembrella - female mine on Hypericum (Ascyrum) hypericoides - Fomoria hypericella Nepticulidae, leaf mine on Prickly Ash, emergent crescent slit - Fomoria pteliaeella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Hypericum hypericoides D1157 2018 2 - Fomoria hypericella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Hypericum hypericoides D1157 2018 8 - Fomoria hypericella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Nepticulidae
Genus Fomoria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly considered a subgenus of Ectoedemia
Explanation of Names
Author: Beirne, 1945
Numbers
Two native Nearctic species, one introduced; 48 species worldwide (1)
Food
Two species on Hypericum, one on Ptelea
Works Cited
1.Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 March, 2015 - 9:33pm
Additional contributions by jvandyk
Last updated 8 November, 2016 - 8:20pm

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