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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Shield Bearer Moths (Heliozelidae) » Antispila

Genus Antispila

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Heliozelidae, Shield Bearer Moth, blotch leaf mine on Grape - Antispila Antispila Antispila reared from Cornus drummondii - Antispila freemani St. Andrews leaf miner on Cornus florida SA505 Antispilla 2016 3 - Antispila cornifoliella Leaf blotch in Vitis - Antispila Antispila cornifoliella - Antispila Leaf mine - Antispila freemani brown and white twirler moth? - Antispila
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)
Family Heliozelidae (Shield Bearer Moths)
Genus Antispila
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Antispila Hübner, 1825
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Antispila is Greek meaning "opposite (the) spot." (1)
Numbers
Antispila includes eleven described species in America north of Mexico.
Print References
Hübner, J. [1825]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. 419
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 June, 2008 - 12:57am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 11 July, 2014 - 10:21am

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