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Tineidae "Clade B" Regier et al., 2014

Moth - Homosetia costisignella Microlep Unidentified Homosetia, 0295.97 - Homosetia Homosetia costisignella White-shawled Isocorypha - Hodges #0299 - Isocorypha mediostriatella #0287 - Homosetia bifasciella? - Homosetia Lepidoptera. Coleophoridae? - Homosetia Tineidae
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
No Taxon Tineidae "Clade B" Regier et al., 2014
Remarks
Regier et al. (2014)(1) suggested that Oenoe, Homosetia, and Leucomele may represent an undescribed subfamily. They called this unnamed group "Clade B". Pohl et al. (2016)(2) also include Isocorypha and Stenoptinea in this group. It is a sister taxon to the Nemapogoninae.
Works Cited
1.A molecular phylogeny and revised classification for the oldest ditrysian moth lineages (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)
Jerome Regier, Charles Mitter, Donald Davis, Terry Harrison, Jae-Cheon Sohn, Michael Cummings, Andreas Zwick, and Kim Mitter. 2014. Systematic Entomology.
2.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 11 May, 2016 - 3:42pm
Last updated 4 January, 2017 - 11:35pm

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