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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Prochoreutis » Prochoreutis palinura - Hodges#2629.1 (Prochoreutis palinura)

Species Prochoreutis palinura - Hodges#2629.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Choreutidae - Metalmark Moths? - Prochoreutis palinura
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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 Prochoreutis
Species palinura (Prochoreutis palinura - Hodges#2629.1)
Hodges Number
2629.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prochoreutis palinura Heppner, 2020
Habitat
USA: WA, ID.
Holotype: Lapwai, Nez Pierce Co., Idaho.
See Also
Prochoreutis inflatella (Clemens, 1863) is and eastern species.
Print References
Heppner, J.B., 2020. Nearctic metalmark moths, 4. Genus Prochoreutis and the new genera Protochoreutis and Neochoreutis (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 12(1-2): 37; fig. 3, 6-7, 9, 11.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 January, 2025 - 2:43pm

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