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Plutella
Genus
Plutella
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily
Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family
Plutellidae (Diamondback Moths)
Genus
Plutella
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Plutella
Schrank, 1802
Anadetia
Hübner, [1825]
Euota
Hübner, [1825]
Evota
Agassiz, 1847
Creagria
Sodoffsky, 1837
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet
Plutella
is Greek meaning "wealth, riches."
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1
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Numbers
7 species in North America.
Food
Most Plutella feed on Brassicaceae, one of the few moth lineages adapted to do so.
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2
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Print References
Schrank, F.P. 1902. Fauna boica: durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimschen und zahmen Thiere, Bd.2b, Abt.2:
169
Works Cited
1.
An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.
Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by
Robin McLeod
on 21 August, 2005 - 12:58am
Additional contributions by
Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 July, 2014 - 6:38pm