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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Agathodes

Genus Agathodes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · 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 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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