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Species Paraplatyptilia carolina - Hodges#6125

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Paraplatyptilia carolina - Hodges #6125 - Paraplatyptilia carolina
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Pterophorinae
Tribe Platyptiliini
Genus Paraplatyptilia
Species carolina (Paraplatyptilia carolina - Hodges#6125)
Hodges Number
6125
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paraplatyptilia carolina (Kearfott, 1907)
Platyptilia carolina Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #460028
Size
Wingspan 22-25 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23(80): 155. (PDF) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species.
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23(80): 153-168.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 November, 2017 - 7:59am

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