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Species Leptosteges vestaliella - Hodges#5306

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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 Schoenobiinae
Genus Leptosteges
Species vestaliella (Leptosteges vestaliella - Hodges#5306)
Hodges Number
5306
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptosteges vestaliella (Zeller, 1872)
Scirpophaga vestaliella Zeller, 1872
Range
Type locality: Texas
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der nordamerikanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 22: 532.