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Species Gnorimoschema paternale - Hodges#1995.2

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Gnorimoschema paternale Gnorimoschema paternale Moth - Gnorimoschema paternale Gnorimoschema paternale- - Gnorimoschema paternale
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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gnorimoschemini
Genus Gnorimoschema
Species paternale (Gnorimoschema paternale - Hodges#1995.2)

Hodges Number

1995.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gnorimoschema paternale Povolný, 2003

Range

BOLD records from Arizona and Colorado (1).

Remarks

According to Vazrick Nazari, this is a complex of at least three species, two of which are still undescribed.

Print References

Povolný, D. 2003. Description of twenty five new Nearctic species of the genus Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia. 31: 285-315.

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)

Works Cited

1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 10 July, 2017 - 5:49pm
Last updated 17 August, 2017 - 3:21pm

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