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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Lyonet Moths (Lyonetiidae) » Cemiostominae

Subfamily Cemiostominae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
Tiny Moth - Proleucoptera smilaciella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Salix nigra D764 2017 2 - Paraleucoptera albella Sebastian Inlet State Park leaf miner on Erythrina herbacea D1242 2018 2 - Leucoptera erythrinella Sebastian Inlet State Park leaf miner on Erythrina herbacea D1242 2018 4 - Leucoptera erythrinella Proleucoptera smilaciella? - Proleucoptera smilaciella Leaf mine - Proleucoptera smilaciella Leucoptera sp. - Leucoptera Leucoptera sp. - Leucoptera
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)
Subfamily Cemiostominae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cemiostominae Spuler, 1898
Numbers
4 genera, 10 species in our area (1).
Works Cited
1.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 4 June, 2017 - 3:43pm
Last updated 15 June, 2017 - 9:24pm

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