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Species Cauchas trifascia - Hodges#0217.1

Undescribed desert Adela species - Cauchas trifascia

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)

Family Adelidae (Fairy Moths)

Subfamily Adelinae

Genus Cauchas

Species trifascia (Cauchas trifascia - Hodges#0217.1)

Hodges Number

0217.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cauchas trifascia Davis & Medeiros, 2023

Range

Holotype: Apache Canyon, 1.5 mi. E Hwy, Los Padres National Forest, Ventura Co., CA.

Print References

Davis & Medeiros, 2023. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool., 656: 85. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the family Adelidae of the Western Hemisphere (Lepidoptera: Adeloidea) Davis, D.R., & M.J. Medeiros. 2023. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 656: 1-215.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 August, 2023 - 10:27am

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