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Species Melanocinclis sparsa - Hodges#1505

Small black and white spotted moth - Melanocinclis sparsa

Small black and white spotted moth (2) - Melanocinclis sparsa

Melanocinclis sparsa, 1505 - Melanocinclis sparsa

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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Subfamily Cosmopteriginae

Genus Melanocinclis

Species sparsa (Melanocinclis sparsa - Hodges#1505)

Hodges Number

1505

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melanocinclis sparsa Hodges, 1978

Internet References

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 20 December, 2019 - 9:11pm

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