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Species Caudellia apyrella - Crescent-winged Caudellia - Hodges#6012

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Ephestia Series)
Genus Caudellia
Species apyrella (Crescent-winged Caudellia - Hodges#6012 )
Hodges Number
6012
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caudellia apyrella (Dyar, 1904)
Caudellia albovittella Dyar, 1904
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Dyar's colleague, Andrew Nelson Caudell (1)
Food
Larvae feed on Cuscuta compacta and Cuscuta gronovii (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)