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Species Ethmia mimihagenella - Hodges#0990

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Ethmia mimihagenella - Hodges #0990 - Ethmia mimihagenella
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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 Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Ethmiinae
Genus Ethmia
No Taxon (hagenella group)
Species mimihagenella (Ethmia mimihagenella - Hodges#0990)

Hodges Number

0990

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ethmia mimihagenella Powell, 1973 (1)

Numbers

Ethmia has more than 52 species in America north of Mexico.

Size

Forewing length 10.3-12.1 mm.

Range

Western Texas to Arizona. (2), (3), (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (2)

Works Cited

1.A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea).
Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.
2.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 June, 2013 - 1:09am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:32pm

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