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Species Parectopa plantaginisella - Hodges#0656

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Ornixolinae

Genus Parectopa

Species plantaginisella (Parectopa plantaginisella - Hodges#0656)

Hodges Number

0656

Explanation of Names

Author: Chambers, 1872

Food

Plantago, Erigeron.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Wikipedia

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 November, 2010 - 3:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 7:32am

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