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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oidaematophorini » Hellinsia » Hellinsia citrites - Hodges#6183 (Hellinsia citrites)

Species Hellinsia citrites - Hodges#6183

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
6183 - Hellinsia citrites
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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 (Five-lobed Plume Moths)
Tribe Oidaematophorini
Genus Hellinsia
Species citrites (Hellinsia citrites - Hodges#6183)
Hodges Number
6183
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hellinsia citrites (Meyrick, 1908)
Oidaematophorus citrites (Meyrick, 1908)
Pterophorus citrites Meyrick, 1908
Size
The wingspan is 24–27 mm. (1)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2014 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 8 July, 2017 - 2:47pm

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