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Species Cryptothelea nigrita - Nigrita Bagworm Moth - Hodges#0441

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Psychidae (Bagworm Moths)
Subfamily Psychinae
Genus Cryptothelea
Species nigrita (Nigrita Bagworm Moth - Hodges#0441)
Hodges Number
0441
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cryptothelea nigrita (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
original combination Manatha nigrita Barnes & McDunnough, 1913; in Dyar (1914) Can. Ent. 46 (5): 179
* phylogenetic sequence #013250
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - map with some collection dates, living and pinned adults.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.