Genus Rifseria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References

1918 Rifseria fuscotaeniaella ??? - Rifseria fuscotaeniaella

Rifseria fuscotaeniaella? - Rifseria fuscotaeniaella

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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 Gelechiini

Genus Rifseria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rifseria Hodges, 1966

Explanation of Names

Rifseria is from Friseria, the name of a closely related genus (it's an anagram- that is, the letters are rearranged)

Numbers

1 species in North America

Range

California to British Columbia, east to Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Manitoba

Season

adults fly from March to November in the south; June to September in the north

Print References

Hodges, R. W. 1966. Revision of Nearctic Gelechiidae, I. The lita group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidae). Proc. USNM 119(3547): 62

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 October, 2008 - 12:23pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 April, 2013 - 3:00pm

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