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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Bedelliidae » Bedellia

Genus Bedellia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks
Ivy-leaf Morning Glory Leaf Miner ID Request - Bedellia somnulentella Species Bedellia somnulentella - Morning-Glory Leaf Miner - Hodges#0466 caterpillar - Bedellia somnulentella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA646B 2016 2 - Bedellia somnulentella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA1104 2017 2 - Bedellia somnulentella Morning-glory Leafminer Moth (Bedellia somnulentella) - Bedellia somnulentella Morning-glory Leafminer Moth (Bedellia somnulentella) - Bedellia somnulentella Kitty Hawk Beach leaf miner on Calestegia soldanella D3983 2022 6 - Bedellia somnulentella Bedellia somnulentella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Bedelliidae
Genus Bedellia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bedellia Stainton, 1849
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Bedellia in honor of George Bedell (1805-1877), a British collector and expert on microlepidoptera.
Remarks
The only genus of the family.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 January, 2008 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 3:17pm

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