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Tribe Gelechiini

peanut worm - Stegasta bosqueella Small Moth - Aroga compositella 2125.97 – Chionodes sp. – Unidentified Chionodes Moths ? - Chionodes Very small dark brown moth, white spots, tan head - Fascista cercerisella - female Chionodes? - Chionodes moth - Gelechia - male striped twirler - Chionodes rabula Florida Moth - Naera fuscocristatella
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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 Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Explanation of Names
Gelechiini from the type genus Gelechia (Hübner), from Greek meaning "resting on the ground." (1).
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.