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Swammerdamia castaneae Busck, 1914

Chestnut yponomeutid moth

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Ectodemia castaneae Busck, 1914

 

The taxonomic validity of this species is disputed: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs-p-28papers/01wagner-p-28.pdf

 

Conservation Status

Missing or invalid (synonym)

Last record: 1914 or before

 

Distribution

Pennsylvania, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Busck, August. (1914). Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera of forest trees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 16(4): 143-150.

 

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Ectodemia castaneae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T7028A12823728. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7028A12823728.en. Downloaded on 27 May 2016.

 

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