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Genus Atascosa

Pyralid Moth - Hodges #6067 - Atascosa glareosella Moth sp. - Atascosa glareosella Atascosa glareosella moth - Atascosa glareosella Atascosa glareosella  - Atascosa glareosella Atascosa glareosella Slender burgundy moth - Atascosa glareosella 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