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Species Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - Hodges#1871

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Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 1 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - female Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 2 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - female Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 3 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 5 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 8 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella Lake Crabtree surface feeder on Quercus stellata D1019A 2018 4 - Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - female Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - female
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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 Litini
Genus Pseudotelphusa
Species fuscopunctella (Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella - Hodges#1871)

Hodges Number

1871

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella (Clemens, 1863)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1863. American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) 1863: 12.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 April, 2021 - 7:09pm
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 26 May, 2022 - 11:26pm

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