Genus Hemerophila

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited

Hemerophila diva cocoon - Hemerophila diva

Diva Hemerophila moth - Hemerophila diva

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Subfamily Choreutinae

Genus Hemerophila

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hemerophila Hübner, 1817

Numbers

One species in our area (1), Hemerophela diva.

Remarks

Hemerophila dyari was formerly placed in this genus, but was recently transferred to Ornarantia (2).

Works Cited

1.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

2.	Exploration of data partitioning in an eight-gene data set: phylogeny of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) Rota, J. and Wahlberg, N. 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41: 536–546.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 September, 2006 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 11 January, 2017 - 10:11pm

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