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Species Edia minutissima - Hodges#4808

Moth - Edia minutissima Moth - Edia minutissima Moth A 9.21.17 - Edia minutissima
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Edia
Species minutissima (Edia minutissima - Hodges#4808)
Hodges Number
4808
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Edia minutissima Smith, 1906
Edia coolidgei Dyar, 1921
Range
Records from California and Arizona.
Remarks
Type locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai Co.
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1921: New American Lepidoptera and Records. – Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington 9 (7-9): 143.
Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 24. (1)
Smith, J. B. 1906: New species of Noctuidae for 1906. No. 2. – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 38: 234.