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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Enarmoniini » Hystrichophora

Genus Hystrichophora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
3395 Indigobush Twig Borer Moth - Hystrichophora taleana Hystrichophora stygiana - male possible? Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hystrichophora vestaliana Olethreutinae - Hystrichophora taleana Possible Hystrichophora ochreicostana - Hystrichophora Olethreutinae - Hystrichophora taleana Hystrichophora decorosa - Hystrichophora Hystrichophora ochreicostana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Enarmoniini
Genus Hystrichophora
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hystrichophora Walsingham, 1879 (1)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet is Greek meaning "bearing a brush," for the "head thickly clothed in hair-like scales." (1)
Print References
Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 64 (1)
Internet References
Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)
Works Cited
1.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2010 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 January, 2018 - 3:26pm

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