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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Flower Moths (Scythrididae) » Arotrura

Genus Arotrura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Arotrura arotrura sp. - Arotrura 1667.2 - Arotrura longissima 1676 - Arotrura sponsella - Arotrura Arizona Moth - Arotrura longissima Possible Arotrura longissima - Arotrura longissima moth - Arotrura
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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 Scythrididae (Flower Moths)
Genus Arotrura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arotrura Walsingham, 1888
Numbers
There are 10 species of the genus Arotrura in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Walsingham, L. 1888. Steps towards a revision of Chambers's Index, with notes and descriptions of new species. Insect Life 1: 116.
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 September, 2013 - 10:34am

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