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abella complex

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 Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon formosella group
No Taxon abella complex

Species abella - Chionodes abella - Hodges#2055
Species imber - Chionodes imber - Hodges#2084.1
Species lactans - Chionodes lactans - Hodges#2095.6
Species meddix - Chionodes meddix - Hodges#2095.5
Species naevus - Chionodes naevus - Hodges#2097.2
Species obex - Chionodes obex - Hodges#2095.8
Species sabinianae - Chionodes sabinianae - Hodges#2113
Species sanator - Chionodes sanator - Hodges#2118.4
Species tessa - Chionodes tessa - Hodges#2118

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