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Species Hypatopa punctiferella - Hodges#1208

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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 Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)
Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)
Tribe Holcocerini
Genus Hypatopa
Species punctiferella (Hypatopa punctiferella - Hodges#1208)
Hodges Number
1208
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gelechia punctiferella Clemens, 1863
Holcocera clemensella Chambers, 1874
Hypatima subsenella Zeller, 1873
Hypatopa texanella Walsingham, 1907
Holcocera tartarella Dietz, 1910
Print References
Chambers, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (12): 246
Clemens, B. 1863. American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2: 119
Dietz, 1910, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36: 55 & 60