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Species Promylea lunigerella - Hodges#5727

1856 Promylea lunigerella 5727 - Promylea lunigerella Pyralid Moth - Promylea lunigerella Moth - Promylea lunigerella Promylea lunigerella Moth - Promylea lunigerella Promylea lunigerella 800512 Promylea lunigerella - Promylea lunigerella Pyralid  sp.? - Promylea lunigerella
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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 (Sarata Series)
Genus Promylea
Species lunigerella (Promylea lunigerella - Hodges#5727)
Hodges Number
5727
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Promylea lunigerella Ragonot, 1887
Promylea lunigerella lunigerella Ragonot, 1887
Promylea lunigerella glendella (Dyar, 1906)
Myelois glendella Dyar, 1906
Range
Type locality (P. lunigerella): Vancouver Island, BC.
Type locality (P. l. glendella): Glendwood Springs, CO.
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1906. Descriptions of new American moths. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14(2): 30–31.
Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae, Published by the author, Paris: 1-20.