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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Neotelphusa » Neotelphusa praefixa - Hodges#1865 (Neotelphusa praefixa)

Species Neotelphusa praefixa - Hodges#1865

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Litini
Genus Neotelphusa
Species praefixa (Neotelphusa praefixa - Hodges#1865)
Hodges Number
1865
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neotelphusa praefixa (Braun, 1921)
Telphusa praefixa Braun, 1921
Size
WS: 13.5-14mm.
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
TL: Glacier Park Station, Montana
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1921. Two weeks collecting in Glacier National Park. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 73: 6.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 May, 2018 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 10:38pm

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