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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » False Ermine Moths (Praydidae) » Atemelia » Atemelia casimiroae - Hodges#2411.1 (Atemelia casimiroae)

Species Atemelia casimiroae - Hodges#2411.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Praydidae (False Ermine Moths)
Genus Atemelia
Species casimiroae (Atemelia casimiroae - Hodges#2411.1)
Hodges Number
2411.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Atemelia casimiroae Sohn & Epstein, 2019
Range
Holotype: California, Luis Obispo Co., Arroyo Grande
Food
"Rutaceae - Casimiroa edulis La Llave, native to Central America, cultivated in California, USA."
Print References
Sohn, J.C. & M.E. Epstein, 2019. Atemelia casimiroae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae): a new pest species on white sapote (Casimiroa edulis) in California, United States, reveals unique morphology of spinneret and ventral eversible gland. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 279: 52-58.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 October, 2021 - 1:55pm
Last updated 16 October, 2021 - 3:21am

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