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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Neodactylota » Neodactylota liguritrix - Hodges#1908 (Neodactylota liguritrix)

Species Neodactylota liguritrix - Hodges#1908

Representative Images

Small moth - Neodactylota liguritrix Bryotropha galbanella - Neodactylota liguritrix Bryotropha galbanella or Neodactylota sp? - Neodactylota liguritrix #1852 - Athrips mouffetella? - Neodactylota liguritrix Neodactylota liguritrix - Neodactylota liguritrix Unk moth - Neodactylota liguritrix Possibly Neodactylota - Neodactylota liguritrix Gelechiidae - Neodactylota liguritrix
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Neodactylota
Species liguritrix (Neodactylota liguritrix - Hodges#1908)

Hodges Number

1908

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neodactylota liguritrix Hodges, 1966

Range

TX-OK-MS - MPG

Remarks

Holotype: Corpus Christi, TX

Print References

Hodges, R.W., 1966. Revision of nearctic Gelechiidae, I. The Lita group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea).. Proceedings of the United States National Museum., 119(3547): 44; figs 39, 102, 106, 217, 218.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 20 October, 2019 - 3:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 9 April, 2023 - 6:27am

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