Euclemensia Schwarziella
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''Euclemensia schwarziella'' is a
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 w ...
in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by
August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...
in 1901. It is found in the US states of
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and
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. The larvae are parasitoids of scale insects, specifically '' Kermes'' and '' Allokermes'' species., 2011: A new species of ''Euclemensia'' (Cosmopterigidae) from the United States. ''Journal of the Lepidopterst' Society'' 65 (1): 47-50.


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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cosmopterigidae Moths described in 1901 {{Antequerinae-stub