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Tridentaforma

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Tridentaforma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Adeloidea
Family: Tridentaformidae
Regier et al., 2015
Genus: Tridentaforma
Davis, 1978
Species:
T. fuscoleuca
Binomial name
Tridentaforma fuscoleuca
(Braun, 1923)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lampronia fuscoleuca Braun, 1923

Tridentaforma is a genus of moths of the Tridentaformidae family, the sole genus of the family. There is only one species in the genus (and the family), Tridentaforma fuscoleuca, which is found in California and Canada.[2][3][4]

The wingspan is 8.5-20.5 mm.[5]

Tridentaforma has been considered a member of the family Incurvariidae[1] and Prodoxidae[6] in the past. In 2015, Regier, et al. described a new family, Tridentaformidae, containing the "problematic genus" Tridentaforma.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tridentaforma at funet
  2. ^ Pohl, Gregory R.; Landry, Jean-François; Schmidt, B. Chris; deWaard, Jeremy R. (2019). "Lepidoptera of Canada". ZooKeys (819): 463–505. doi:10.3897/zookeys.819.27259. PMC 6355748. PMID 30713459.
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ a b Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Kristensen, Niels P.; Davis, Donald R.; et al. (2015). "A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant Lepidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life‐history evolution". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 671–704. doi:10.1111/syen.12129.
  5. ^ Two New Genera of North American Incurvariine Moths
  6. ^ "Rangomaramidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-09.