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Moths of Zihuatanejo

ORDER LEPIDOPTERA

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

-Bagworms, Clothes Moths, and Allies (Superfamily Tineoidea)

-Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies (Family Tineidae)

-Burrowing Webworm Moths (Subfamily Acrolophinae)

-Genus Amydria


Amydria is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Tineidae (clothes moth) family. A defining physical feature of the genus is their "bearded" appearance, caused by long, dense hairs covering the head and middle segment of the labial palpi. The larvae of Amydria are primarily detritivores, feeding on dried plant material, decaying leaves, and forest floor debris.

Amydria

Amydria (Genus)

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