Tesuquea

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Carposinidae

| genus = Tesuquea

| genus_authority = Klots, 1936

| species = T. hawleyana

| binomial = Tesuquea hawleyana

| binomial_authority = Klots, 1936

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Tesuquea is a genus of moths in the Carposinidae family. It contains the single species Tesuquea hawleyana, which is found in the southern United States, including New Mexico.{{aut|Davis, D.R.}}, 1969: A revision of the American moths of the family Carposinidae (Lepidoptera: Carposinoidea). United States National Museum Bulletin 289: 1-120.

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2324 mothphotographersgroup]

References

[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=arctiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog]

Category:Carposinidae