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Species Asaphocrita irenica - Hodges#1193

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Asaphocrita irenica Asaphocrita irenica Perhaps Hypatopa ursella? - Asaphocrita irenica Perhaps Hypatopa ursella? - Asaphocrita irenica
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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 Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)
Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)
Tribe Holcocerini
Genus Asaphocrita
Species irenica (Asaphocrita irenica - Hodges#1193)
Hodges Number
1193
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Asaphocrita irenica (Walsingham, 1907)
Catacrypsis irenica Walsingham, 1907
Range
TL: Mendocino Co., CA
Also collected in BC (Vancouver area)
Print References
Walsingham, T.L., 1907. Descriptions of New North American Tineid Moths, with a Generic Table of the Family Blastobasidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1567): 208.(1)
Dietz, W.G., 1910. Revision of the Blastocidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 56-57.
Internet References
MPG
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new North American tineid moths, with a generic table of the family Blastobasidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1907. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1567): 197-228.
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 19 January, 2022 - 2:26am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 16 April, 2022 - 4:07am

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