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(Redirected from Praeacedes atomosella) Genus of moths

Praeacedes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Tineinae
Genus: Praeacedes
Amsel, 1954
Species: P. atomosella
Binomial name
Praeacedes atomosella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Antitinea Amsel, 1955
  • Titaenoses Hinton & Bradley, 1956

Species:

  • Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
  • Tinea decui Capuse & Georgescu, 1977
  • Antitinea deluccae Amsel, 1955
  • Praeacedes deluccae
  • Tinea despecta Meyrick, 1919
  • Tinea malgassica Gozmány, 1970
  • Tinea seminolella Beutenmüller, 1889
  • Tinea thecophora Walsingham, 1908
  • Praeacedes thecophora
  • Titaenoses thecophora

Praeacedes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Tineidae first described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its only species, Praeacedes atomosella, was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Europe (the Canary Islands, Cyprus and Malta), Australia, Hawaii, India, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Easter Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, South America and North America. The species has commonly been misidentified in various parts of the world.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
  3. Bippus, Maik (2016). "Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863) and Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973 - two case-bearing moths new to the Fauna of La Réunion (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 66 (2): 159–163. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.159-1 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

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Taxon identifiers
Praeacedes atomosella


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