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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Tebenna » Tebenna piperella - Hodges#2646 (Tebenna piperella)

Species Tebenna piperella - Hodges#2646

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)
Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)
Subfamily Choreutinae
Genus Tebenna
Species piperella (Tebenna piperella - Hodges#2646)
Hodges Number
2646
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tebenna piperella (Busck, 1904)
Choreutis piperella Busck, 1904
Range
Canada: BC. USA: WA, OR, ID, WY, UT (Heppner 2023).
Type locality: Pullman, [Whitman Co.], Washington.
Print References
Busck, A., 1904. Tineid moths from British Columbia, with decriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 27: 749.
Heppner, 2023, Lepid. Novae, 15(3-4): 137; fig. 33, 35-36, 39, F6, M6. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 7. Genus Tebenna and new genus Pseudotebenna (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae)
Heppner, J.B. 2023. Lepidoptera Novae, 15(3-4): 121-172.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 10 February, 2023 - 4:02am

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