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Species Amorophaga cryptophori - Hodges#0309

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Tineidae: Unknown specimen - Amorophaga cryptophori Tineidae: Unknown specimen - Amorophaga cryptophori Moth sp - Amorophaga cryptophori Moth sp - Amorophaga cryptophori Tineidae: Tinea? - Amorophaga cryptophori Lepidoptera - Amorophaga cryptophori Amorophaga cryptophori - female Amorophaga cryptophori - female
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Scardiinae
Genus Amorophaga
Species cryptophori (Amorophaga cryptophori - Hodges#0309)

Hodges Number

0309

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amorophaga cryptophori (Clarke, 1940)
Morophaga cryptophori Clarke, 1940

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Type locality: Thatuna Hills, Latah Co., ID.

Food

Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear (a polypore fungus).

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G. & F.H. Benjamin, 1940. The European genus Morophaga Herrich-Schaffer in North America (Lepidoptcra: Tineidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 39(2): 114-117; pl. 21, figs. 1-2; pl. 22, figs. 3-5.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 7 January, 2023 - 3:35pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 April, 2025 - 9:50am

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