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Luffia ferchaultella (Stephens, 1850)
Bagworm moths
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Classification:

  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Class Insecta
  • Order LEPIDOPTERA
  • Suborder
  • Superfamily TINEOIDEA
  • Family PSYCHIDAE
  • Subfamily PSYCHINAE
  • Genus Luffia
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CITATION
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=7435
IRISH STATUS
See Explanatory Text
Accepted
NORTHERN IRELAND
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
No RecordsNo Records
STATUS OF NAME
Current name
SYNONYMS
Luffia lapidella sensu Beirne (1941)
VALIDATING LITERATURE
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,
Emmet, A.M. 1991, Life History and Habits of the British Lepidoptera , Harley Books,
Beirne, B.P.. 1941, A list of the Microlepidoptera of Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 47B: 53-147
LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION
LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE
LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION
LOCATION OF VOUCHER
EXPLANATORY TEXT
The status of this parthenogenetic species is uncertain (Emmet, 1991) and it is possible that it is a form of the bisexual species L. lapidella (Goeze, 1783), under which name Beirne (1941) recorded it.

CHECKLIST VERSION  2006

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