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Species Homosetia argentinotella - Hodges#0284

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
No Taxon (Tineidae "Clade B" Regier et al., 2014)
Genus Homosetia
Species argentinotella (Homosetia argentinotella - Hodges#0284)
Hodges Number
0284
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homosetia argentinotella (Chambers, 1876)
Semele argentinotella Chambers, 1876 (1)
Diachorisia argentinotella (2)
* phylogenetic sequence #008550
Size
Wingspan about 9-17 mm. (3), (2)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Scattered records from the eastern half of the United States, as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. (3), (2)
Type locality: Kentucky (June).
Print References
Chambers, V.T. 1876. Tineina. The Canadian Entomologist 8(6): 104-105 (1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Tineina.
Victor T. Chambers. 1876. The Canadian Entomologist 8(6): 103-106, (cont.) 8(8): 158-160.
2.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group