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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Thiotrichinae » Calliprora

Genus Calliprora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References
2212 - Calliprora sexstrigella - Calliprora sexstrigella Micro Moth - Calliprora sexstrigella Moth - Calliprora sexstrigella Moth - Calliprora sexstrigella Gelechioidea? - Calliprora sexstrigella Calliprora sexstrigella? - Calliprora sexstrigella Arizona Moth - Calliprora sexstrigella Arizona Moth - Calliprora sexstrigella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Thiotrichinae
Genus Calliprora
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly placed in Gelechiinae; transferred to Thiotrichinae by Lee & Hayden (2019).
Explanation of Names
Author: Meyrick, 1914
Numbers
12 described species; 2 in the US
Range
Calliprora leucaenae Lee & Hayden, 2019 - FL
Calliprora sexstrigella (Chambers, 1874) - TX
The other ten species are in South America (described by Meyrick (1914, 1922, 1926)).
Print References
Lee, Ga-Eun and James E. Hayden. 2019. A new Calliprora species mining lead trees in Florida (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 4555(3):301-318.
Contributed by v belov on 19 June, 2010 - 2:34pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 14 February, 2019 - 6:46am

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