Subfamily Glyphidocerinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited

Small orange spotted moth - Glyphidocera septentrionella

Moth: Is this Glyphidocera lactiflosella – Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth? - Glyphidocera lactiflosella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Autostichidae

Subfamily Glyphidocerinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998

*Formerly considered a full family, now treated as a subfamily of Autostichidae (1).

Numbers

11 species in 1 genus in our area (2).

Works Cited

1.	Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. and Kaila, L. 2014. Cladistics 30: 563–589.

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 - 4:57pm
Last updated 7 January, 2017 - 9:18pm

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