Biology:Rifseria

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Short description: Genus of moths

Rifseria
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Rifseria
Hodges, 1966
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Binomial name
Rifseria fuscotaeniaella
(Chambers, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia fuscotaeniaella Chambers, 1878

Rifseria is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Rifseria fuscotaeniaella, which is found in North America from Manitoba and British Columbia to eastern Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and coastal California .[1][2]

The larvae feed on Anaphalis and Gnaphalium species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7333280 entry