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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae) » Chrysopeleiinae » Walshia

Genus Walshia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
micro moth - Walshia 1615 - Walshia Sweetclover Root Borer Moth - Walshia Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moth), Lead plant stem gall - Walshia amorphella Walshia? - Walshia Walshia Walshia Moth - Walshia miscecolorella
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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)
Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae
Genus Walshia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Walshia Clemens, 1860
Identification
Many species look very similar and dissection may be required for a species ID. see article here
Print References
Clemens, B. 1860. North American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2: 418
Hodges, R.W. 1961. Review of the genus Walshia Clemens with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 56:66-80 (1) - species descriptions and key based on genitalia.
Hodges, R.W. 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 126; pl. 4.60. (2)
Works Cited
1.Review of the genus Walshia Clemens with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
R.W. Hodges. 1961. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Vol. 56, pp. 66-80.
2.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.
Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2007 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Edward Ruden, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 December, 2024 - 8:27am

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