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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Semioscopis » Semioscopis mcdunnoughi - Hodges#0917 (Semioscopis mcdunnoughi)

Species Semioscopis mcdunnoughi - Hodges#0917

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Semioscopis mcdunnoughi 0917 - Semioscopis mcdunnoughi

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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 Depressariidae

Subfamily Depressariinae

Genus Semioscopis

Species mcdunnoughi (Semioscopis mcdunnoughi - Hodges#0917)

Hodges Number

0917

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Semioscopis mcdunnoughi Clarke, 1941 (1)

Size

Wingspan 28-29 mm. (1)

Identification

Clarke (1941) original description is available online and in PDF. (1)

Determined by dissection of this specimen by Greg Pohl.

Range

Washington, British Columbia. (2)

Holotype ♂, Bellingham, Washington, 14-III_1923, J.F.G. Clarke. (3)

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G. 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 90: 162

Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc., p. 57; pl. 4, fig. 1.(4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 October, 2011 - 4:21pm
Last updated 9 April, 2014 - 10:41am

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