Description
Moths in the genus Walshia can only be reliably identified to species through genitalia dissection.
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| Walshia particornella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Walshia |
| Species: | W. particornella
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| Binomial name | |
| Walshia particornella (Busck, 1919)
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Walshia particornella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by August Busck in 1919. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas and Florida.[1][2]
The wingspan is 13 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July and in November.
References
[edit]- ^ Walshia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University