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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sedge and False Diamondback Moths (Glyphipterigidae) » Sedge Moths (Glyphipteriginae) » Diploschizia

Genus Diploschizia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
small moth - Diploschizia impigritella Flower Moth - Diploschizia Yellow Nutsedge Moth - Hodges #2346 - Diploschizia impigritella Diploschizia impigritella Another Yellow Nutsedge Moth? - Diploschizia impigritella Diploschizia impigritella - Yellow Nutsedge Moth - Diploschizia impigritella Diploschizia impigritella_Yellow Nutsedge Moth_21May2021 - Diploschizia impigritella DSC_1137 Likely Diploschizia sp. (or Glyphipterix sp.) Sedge Moth. See John B. Heppner (1981) in Wikipedia - Diploschizia impigritella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge and False Diamondback Moths)
Subfamily Glyphipteriginae (Sedge Moths)
Genus Diploschizia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diploschizia Heppner, 1981; Florida Ent., v.64 (2), p.311
Explanation of Names
Diploschizia is derived from Greek for "double split", referring to the valvae that appear split in some species (Heppner, 1981)
Numbers
six species in North America (Heppner, 1981)
Print References
Heppner, John B. (1981) Revision of the New Genus Diploschizia (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) for North America, The Florida Entomologist Vol. 64, No. 2. pp. (1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New Genus Diploschizia (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) for North America
Heppner, J.B. 1981. Florida Entomologist. 64(2): 309-336.
Contributed by tom murray on 20 February, 2006 - 3:51pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden, Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 February, 2022 - 9:42pm

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