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Genus Ptycerata

Gelechiidae ? - Ptycerata busckella Gelichiidae - Ptycerata busckella - male Gelechiidae - Ptycerata busckella - male 420633.00 – 2044 – Ptycerata busckella - Ptycerata busckella Ptycerata buskella at Camp Edwards - Ptycerata busckella Ptycerata buskella at Camp Edwards - Ptycerata busckella
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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 Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Anomologinae
Genus Ptycerata
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ptycerata Ely, 1910 (1)
Numbers
Ptycerata has one species north of Mexico. (2) (3)
Ptycerata busckella

Ptycerata petrella was formerly placed in this genus.
Print References
Ely, C.R. 1910. New species of North American Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of
Washington. 12: 69.
Works Cited
1.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.