Praeacedes

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Praeacedes
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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:

  • AntitineaAmsel, 1955
  • TitaenosesHinton & Bradley, 1956

Species:

  • Tinea atomosellaWalker, 1863
  • Tinea decuiCapuse & Georgescu, 1977
  • Antitinea deluccaeAmsel, 1955
  • Praeacedes deluccae
  • Tinea despectaMeyrick, 1919
  • Tinea malgassicaGozmány, 1970
  • Tinea seminolellaBeutenmüller, 1889
  • Tinea thecophoraWalsingham, 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 [1] ), Australia, Hawaii, [2] India, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Easter Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, [3] 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 12 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
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