Potato Moth

Stoeberhinus testaceus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae

Stoeberhinus testaceus, the potato moth, is a gelechioid moth, supposedly the only species of its genus Stoeberhinus. However, the genus might also include some related moths presently placed in Autosticha. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), or in an expanded Autostichidae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 71France · 28

Sources and credits

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Potato Moth

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