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Species Pseudopostega quadristrigella - Hodges#0122

Representative Images

Moth - Pseudopostega quadristrigella Gooseberry Barkminer Moth - Hodges#0122 (Pseudopostega quadristrigella) - Pseudopostega quadristrigella gooseberry barkminer moth - Pseudopostega quadristrigella Pseudopostega quadristrigella Pennsylvania Moth - Pseudopostega quadristrigella Pseudopostega quadristrigella Pseudopostega quadristrigella Pseudopostega quadristrigella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Opostegidae
Subfamily Oposteginae
Genus Pseudopostega
Species quadristrigella (Pseudopostega quadristrigella - Hodges#0122)

Hodges Number

0122

Other Common Names

The name "Gooseberry Barkminer" has been used for this moth due to confusion with Opostegoides scioterma in older literature. The host and larval habits of Pseudopostega quadristrigella are unknown.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudopostega quadristrigella (Chambers, 1875)
Opostega quadristrigella Chambers, 1875

Internet References

Davis, D.R. & J.R. Stonis, 2007. A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 625: 1–212.
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Contributed by tom murray on 24 July, 2007 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 24 October, 2023 - 6:26pm

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