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Species Hellinsia hoguei - Hogue's Plume Moth - Hodges#6178.1

Plume moth - Hellinsia hoguei
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)
Tribe Oidaematophorini
Genus Hellinsia
Species hoguei (Hogue's Plume Moth - Hodges#6178.1)
Hodges Number
6178.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hellinsia hoguei (Gielis, 1996)
Oidaematophorus hoguei Gielis, 1996
Range
USA: AZ.
Holotype: Mexico City, Mexico.
Remarks
It is uncertain if the population in Arizona represents true Hellinsia hoguei or a cryptic species near hoguei.
Print References
Gielis, C., 2011. Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini) (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 85: 589-824.
Internet References