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Genus Agathodes

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Coral Bean leaf folder larva - Agathodes monstralis Agathodes designalis - Agathodes monstralis Texas SE Gulf Coast - Agathodes monstralis No. 307 Agathodes designalis? - Agathodes monstralis Moth - Agathodes monstralis A most awesome looking moth.... - Agathodes monstralis Agathodes monstralis Agathodes monstralis
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Agathodes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agathodes Guenée, 1854

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek άγαθός meaning "useful, good." (1)

Numbers

One species in our area. (2)

Print References

Boisduval & Guenée, 1854. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères 9(8): 207.

Internet References

Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (1799-1879)
Achille Guenée (1809–1880)

Works Cited

1.Dictionary of natural history terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species.
David H. McNicoll. 1863. Lovell Reeve & Company.
2.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 January, 2008 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 13 February, 2018 - 7:04pm

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