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Species Phereoeca praecox - Hodges#0390.1

Moth for ID - Phereoeca praecox 390.1 - Phereoeca praecox
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Tineinae
Genus Phereoeca (Household Casebearer Moths)
Species praecox (Phereoeca praecox - Hodges#0390.1 )
Hodges Number
0390.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phereoeca praecox Gozmany & Vari, 1973
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length as 5.5-6.6 mm. (1)
Print References
Gozmány & Vári, 1973. Transvaal Museum Memoirs, 18: 17.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 2 fig. 26; p. 48. (1)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2013 - 8:32pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:51am

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