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Tineidae "Clade A" Regier et al., 2014

Moth - Homostinea curviliniella Hodges #0300 -Yelllow Wave Moth - Hybroma servulella Clothes Moth - Hodges #0392 - Homostinea curviliniella Hybroma servulella Homostinea curviliniella  for July for LA - Homostinea curviliniella moth - Xystrologa grenadella Little pinkish mystery moth Aaron Hunt asked me to add here - Xystrologa 2024-09-19-R7__6843 - Homostinea curviliniella
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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 A" Regier et al., 2014
Remarks
Regier et al. (2014)(1) suggested that Xystrologa, Hybroma, and Mea may represent an undescribed subfamily. They called this unnamed group "Clade A". Pohl et al. (2016)(2) also included Homostinea and Pompostolella in this group. It is a sister taxon to the Tineinae.
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.