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Species Scythris fuscicomella - Hodges#1659

Representative Images

Scythris fuscicomella - male - female Small Blackish Moth - Scythris fuscicomella Small Moth on a Flower - Scythris fuscicomella Scythris fuscicomella 1659 ? - Scythris fuscicomella Scythris fuscicomella 1659 ? - Scythris fuscicomella Neoprocris floridana??? - Scythris fuscicomella Tiny Black Moth - Scythris fuscicomella Scythridid - Scythris fuscicomella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Scythrididae (Flower Moths)
Genus Scythris
Species fuscicomella (Scythris fuscicomella - Hodges#1659)

Hodges Number

1659

Explanation of Names

Scythris fuscicomella (Clemens, 1860)
Butalis fuscicomella Clemens, 1860
* phylogenetic sequence #048350

Remarks

Compare the Bumelia Webworm Moth - Urodus parvula, which has a similar habitus:

See Also

Bumelia Webworm Moth - Urodus parvula

Print References

Clemens, B. 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - no.4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1860: 169

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 December, 2012 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 May, 2025 - 3:32am

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