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Species Ymeldia janae - Hodges#2216

unknown micromoth - Ymeldia janae Moth IMG_0273 - Ymeldia janae Moth IMG_0273 - Ymeldia janae Moth IMG_0273 - Ymeldia janae moth - Ymeldia janae Moth IMG_0273 - Ymeldia janae Moth at blacklight (Gelechioidea) - Ymeldia janae Gelechid at blacklight in Pine Rockland habitat - Ymeldia janae
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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 Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Ymeldia
Species janae (Ymeldia janae - Hodges#2216)
Hodges Number
2216
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ymeldia janae Hodges, 1965
* phylogenetic sequence #068250
Size
Wingspan 6.5 mm.
Range
Records from Georgia to Florida, west to Texas. (1)
Type location: Lake Placid, Florida.
Print References
Hodges, R.W. 1965. A new genus and species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Entomological News 76: 22-25
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