genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Cecidosidae
Cecidosidae is a family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which have a piercing ovipositor used for laying eggs in plant tissue in which they induce galls, or they mine in bark (Davis, 1999; Hoare and Dugdale, 2003). Nine sp ...
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Species
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Cecidoses argentinana
''Cecidoses argentinana'' is a moth of the family Cecidosidae. It was described by Juan Brèthes
Juan (Jean) Brèthes, also known as Frère Judulien Marie or Juan Brethes (24 February 1871, in Saint-Sever, Landes – 2 July 1928, in Buenos Ai ...
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Cecidoses eremita
''Cecidoses eremita'' is a moth of the family Cecidosidae. It was described by John Curtis (entomologist), John Curtis in 1835. It is found in South America, including Uruguay and Argentina.
The larvae feed on ''Schinus dependens''. They create g ...
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Cecidoses minutanus
''Cecidoses minutanus'' is a moth of the family Cecidosidae. It was described by Juan Brèthes
Juan (Jean) Brèthes, also known as Frère Judulien Marie or Juan Brethes (24 February 1871, in Saint-Sever, Landes – 2 July 1928, in Buenos Aire ...