Frumenta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Gelechiidae
Subfamilia: Gelechiinae
Tribus: Gnorimoschemini
Genus: Frumenta
Species: F. davidi – F. dianeae – F. solanophaga
Name

Frumenta Busck, 1939

Type species: Gelechia nundinella Philipp Christoph Zeller, 1873 by original designation.
References
Primary references

Busck, A. 1939. Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3064): 563–593. Reference page.

Additional references

Adamski, D. & Brown, R.L. 2002a. A new species of Frumenta on Solanum elaeagnifolium in Mexico: a potential biocontrol agent for this noxious weed in southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gnorimoschemini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(4): 1029–1035. full article BHL. Reference page.
McCarty, M.E., Adamski, D., Metz, M.A. & Landry, J.F. 2020. Two New Species in the Genus Frumenta Busck 1939 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gnorimoschemini) with the Discovery of a Culcitula in the Male. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(2): 415-441. Reference page.
Zeller, P. C. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter besonders der Microlepidopteren. Zweite Abtheilung. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 201–334. Reference page.

Frumenta is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.[1]
Species

Frumenta nephelomicta (Meyrick, 1930)
Frumenta nundinella (Zeller, 1873)
Frumenta solanophaga Adamski & Brown, 2002

References

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