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Genus Glyphidocera

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Moth - Glyphidocera Glyphidocera lithodoxa Glyphidocera juniperella Curve-palped micromoth - Glyphidocera Glyphidocera septentrionis - Glyphidocera Eight patch moth - Glyphidocera floridanella Glyphidocera dimorphella moth - Glyphidocera
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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 Autostichidae
Subfamily Glyphidocerinae
Genus Glyphidocera

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glyphidocera Walsingham, 1892 (1)

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek meaning "notched-horn" for the "deeply notched" antennae. (1)

Numbers

11 species in our area (2).

Print References

Walsingham, T. de Grey. 1891. On the micro-lepidoptera of the West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891(4): 531 (1)

Internet References

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.On the micro-lepidoptera of the West Indies.
Lord Walsingham. 1891. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891(4): 492-548.
2.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 tom murray on 5 January, 2008 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 November, 2017 - 4:42pm

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