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Species Ethmia nr-piperella - Ethmia nr. piperella - Hodges#0985.5

Moth - Ethmia nr-piperella Genus Ethmia - undescribed - Ethmia nr-piperella Genus Ethmia - undescribed - Ethmia nr-piperella
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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 Depressariidae
Subfamily Ethmiinae
Genus Ethmia
No Taxon (piperella group)
Species nr-piperella (Ethmia nr. piperella - Hodges#0985.5)
Hodges Number
0985.5
Remarks
The Ethmia piperella group was erected by Powell (1973) in his monograph on New World Ethmiinae to accommodate a single species, Ethmia piperella, he described from specimens from Jamaica and Cuba.(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea).
Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.