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Species Ypsolopha schwarziella - Hodges#2393

Ypsolopha schwarziella - Hodges #2393 - Ypsolopha schwarziella Arizona Moth - Ypsolopha schwarziella Ypsolopha schwarziella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Ypsolophidae
Genus Ypsolopha
Species schwarziella (Ypsolopha schwarziella - Hodges#2393)
Hodges Number
2393
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ypsolopha schwarziella (Busck, 1903)
Cerostoma schwarziella Dyar, 1903 (1)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Eugene Amandus Schwarz (1844-1928), who collected the first specimens with Herbert Spencer Barber (1882-1950).
Size
Busck (1903) reported a wingspan of 23 mm. (1)
Range
Southern California, Nevada and Utah to New Mexico. (2), (3), (4)
Syntypes ♀ (2) from Williams, Coconino County, Arizona, United States; collected by Schwarz & Barber.
Print References
Busck, A., 1903. Notes on the Cerostoma group of Yponomeutidae, with descriptions of new North American species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 11: 51. (1)
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