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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Symmetrischema » Symmetrischema lectulifera - Hodges#2036 (Symmetrischema lectulifera)

Species Symmetrischema lectulifera - Hodges#2036

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White topped Twirler Moth - Symmetrischema lectulifera White topped Twirler Moth - Symmetrischema lectulifera Symmetrischema sp? - Symmetrischema lectulifera
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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gnorimoschemini
Genus Symmetrischema
Species lectulifera (Symmetrischema lectulifera - Hodges#2036)
Hodges Number
2036
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Symmetrischema lectulifera (Meyrick, 1929)
Identification
Syntype (Alpine, Brewster Co.)
Range
Described from two specimens, from Fort Davis (Jeff Davis Co.) and Alpine (Brewster Co.), both trans-Pecos TX
Additional specimens on BOLD from Pima Co., AZ; San Diego Co., CA; and Baja California (MEX)
Print References
Meyrick, E., 1929. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(16): 493.
Internet References
BOLD
MPG
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 17 December, 2022 - 9:45pm

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