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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Cossinae » Comadia » Comadia redtenbacheri - Hodges#2689 (Comadia redtenbacheri)

Species Comadia redtenbacheri - Hodges#2689

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Subfamily Cossinae
Genus Comadia
Species redtenbacheri (Comadia redtenbacheri - Hodges#2689)
Hodges Number
2689
Explanation of Names
Author of species Hammerschmidt, 1847.
Remarks
This is one of the kinds of "worms" put into "tequila" (really mescal) as a marketing gimmick.
Internet References
Nomina-Nearctica
Threatened edible insects in Hidalgo, Mexico and some measures to preserve them Article from the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicne (2006, v.2)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 11 January, 2009 - 6:22pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 21 June, 2009 - 11:57pm

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