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Tribe Olethreutini

Tortricidae: Unknown Specimen - Endothenia affiliana 3013190 moth - Hedya chionosema Eumarozia malachitana - Sculptured Moth - Eumarozia malachitana Moth - Olethreutes Evora hemidesma Olethreutinae sp.? - Episimus tyrius Olethreutes punctanum? - Olethreutes punctanum Eumarozia malachitana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutini Walsingham, 1895 (1)
Explanation of Names
From genus Olethreutes, from Greek olethreuonta meaning "destroyer, annihilator," a term used to describe the devil in Greek biblical texts (Corinthians, Exodus, Psalms/Tehillim).
Works Cited
1.XXI. New Species of North American Tortricidae.
Lord Walsingham. 1895. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1895: 495-518.