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Species Taygete sylvicolella - Hodges#1847

Gelechiid ex cynipid galls - Taygete sylvicolella

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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 Autostichidae

Subfamily Symmocinae

Genus Taygete

Species sylvicolella (Taygete sylvicolella - Hodges#1847)

Hodges Number

1847

Explanation of Names

Author: Busck, 1903

Remarks

Misplaced in this genus; probably belongs in Gelechiidae: Litini.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 February, 2020 - 8:51am

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