Genus Atascosa

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

Atascosa glareosella, 6067 - Atascosa glareosella

Crambine Snout Moth - Atascosa glareosella

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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 Peoriini

Genus Atascosa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Atascosa Hulst, 1890

Eumoorea Dyar, 1917

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet Atascosa is from a county and river of that name in south-central Texas.

Numbers

2 species in North America.

Print References

Hulst, G.D. 1890. The Phycitidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 17: 210

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 January, 2008 - 2:08am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 July, 2014 - 3:12pm

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