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Species Telphusa alexandriacella - Hodges#1855

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 Telphusa

Species alexandriacella (Telphusa alexandriacella - Hodges#1855)

Hodges Number

1855

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Telphusa alexandriacella (Chambers, 1872)

Adrasteia alexandriacella Chambers, 1872

Range

TL: Alexandria, KY

Remarks

Listed as incertae sedis by Lee et al. (2009)

Print References

Lee, S., R.W. Hodges, & R.L. Brown, 2009. Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1–39

Chambers, V.T., 1872; Micro-Lepidoptera. Can. Ent. 4(8): 149

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 9 May, 2022 - 7:16pm

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