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Rectiostoma flaviceps

species of moth

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 17, 2023
Entity authorityQ25096148 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rectiostoma flaviceps is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in the amazon. The species was previously mostly placed in the genus Glyphipterix.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rectiostoma flaviceps” as species of moth. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rectiostoma, flaviceps and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1875—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rectiostoma, flaviceps and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 17, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q25096148. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1875.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rectiostoma flaviceps” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.