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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sedge and False Diamondback Moths (Glyphipterigidae) » False Diamondback Moths (Acrolepiinae) » Acrolepiopsis » Acrolepiopsis leucoscia - Hodges#2491 (Acrolepiopsis leucoscia)

Species Acrolepiopsis leucoscia - Hodges#2491

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pre-tort moth - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia 2491 ?? - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Road edge moth ? - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Moth to black light - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Acrolepiopsis leucoscia ? - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia - male Micro moth with long antennae - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Acrolepiopsis leucoscia
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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 Glyphipterigidae (Sedge and False Diamondback Moths)
Subfamily Acrolepiinae (False Diamondback Moths)
Genus Acrolepiopsis
Species leucoscia (Acrolepiopsis leucoscia - Hodges#2491)
Hodges Number
2491
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrolepiopsis leucoscia (Meyrick, 1927)
Acrolepia leucoscia Meyrick, 1927
Identification
Range
Type locality: TX
Print References
Landry, J.-F., 2007. Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 139(3): 319-353. (genitalia & description)
Meyrick, 1927. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 359. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 10 August, 2009 - 6:39pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 7:24am

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