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Genus Friseria

Friseria acaciella Hodges # 1914? - Friseria acaciella

Please help us to identify this moth. - Friseria acaciella

Gelechiidae - unidentified - Friseria cockerelli

Friseria cockerelli? - Friseria cockerelli

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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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 August, 2009 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 8 August, 2010 - 4:08pm

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