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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Peoriini » Peoria » Peoria gematella - Hodges#6048 (Peoria gematella)

Species Peoria gematella - Hodges#6048

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Peoriini

Genus Peoria

Species gematella (Peoria gematella - Hodges#6048)

Hodges Number

6048

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887)

Spermatophthora gematella Hulst, 1887 (1)

Spermatophthora gemmatilla Hulst, 1887 (misspelling) (1)

Pectinigeria gemmatella (McDunnough, 1939) (misspelling) (2)

Cayuga bistriatella Hulst, 1890

Pectinigera [sic] pamponerella Dyar, 1908

Explanation of Names

Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887) is restored as the valid name. Originally described as "gemmatilla" the spelling was changed to "gematella" on the corrections page of the same work. This species was misspelled as "gemmatella" in the Hodges 1983 Checklist and McDunnough (1939).

Range

Type locality: Illinois.

Print References

Hulst, 1887: 134, [244] (Errors and Corrections). (1)

Shaffer, 1968, Bull. U.S.N.M., 280: 22; 96, map 6 (distribution); 100, fig. 7 (adult); 111, fig. 111 (male gen.); 119, fig. 149 (female gen.) (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	New species of Pyralidae Hulst, G.D. 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 129–138.

2.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America, part 2, Microlepidoptera McDunnough, J.H. 1939. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Science, 2(1): 1-171.

3.	A Revision of the Peoriini and Anerastiinae (Auctorum) of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Jay C. Shaffer. 1968. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 280: .

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 4 March, 2016 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky
Last updated 3 March, 2021 - 1:05pm

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