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Genus Friseria

Friseria acaciella Hodges # 1914? - Friseria acaciella Moth - Friseria cockerelli Arizona Moth - Friseria cockerelli Friseria cockerelli? - Friseria cockerelli Arizona Moth - Friseria cockerelli Autosticha kyotensis. ? - Friseria cockerelli Friseria caieta Aristotelia devexella? - Friseria caieta
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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 Friseria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1939 by August Busck
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Internet References
Proceedings of the US National Museum, v.86, p.573    Busck's original description of the genus
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.