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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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 September, 2010 - 12:24am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 June, 2014 - 10:54pm

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