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Genus Symmoca

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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 Autostichidae
Subfamily Symmocinae
Genus Symmoca
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Symmoca Hübner, 1825
Numbers
Symmoca signatella is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge: 403
Works Cited
1.A review of Symmocinae (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) in North America with the description of a new species and new genus
Sangmi Lee, Richard L. Brown. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 64(4): 177–187.