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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Homoeosoma Series » Homoeosoma

Genus Homoeosoma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
unknown micromoth - Homoeosoma electellum Moth - Homoeosoma electellum moth - Homoeosoma electellum Moth caterpillar - Homoeosoma Phycitini Moth? - Homoeosoma deceptorium Pyralidae, Sunflower Moth, dorsal - Homoeosoma electellum Pyralidae: Homoeosoma? - Homoeosoma Pyralidae: Homeosoma electellum - Homoeosoma electellum
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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 Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Homoeosoma Series)
Genus Homoeosoma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homoeosoma Curtis, 1833
Phycidea Zeller, 1839
Lotria Guenée, 1845
Anhomoeosoma Roesler, 1965
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Homoeosoma is Greek meaning "like the body." (1)
Remarks
Texas' Homeosoma parvalbum described by Blanchard & Knudson. (2)
Print References
Curtis, J. 1833. The Entomological magazine, 1: 190
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.New species of phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Texas, with description of a new genus
André Blanchard & Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87:231-238.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2008 - 4:25pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 July, 2014 - 11:54am

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