Praeacedes
| Praeacedes | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Tineidae | 
| Subfamily: | Tineinae | 
| Genus: | Amsel, 1954  | 
| Species: | P. atomosella 
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| Binomial name | |
| Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863) 
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Praeacedes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Tineidae first described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its only species, Praeacedes atomosella, was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Europe (the Canary Islands, Cyprus and Malta[1]), Australia, Hawaii,[2] India, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Easter Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion,[3] South America and North America. The species has commonly been misidentified in various parts of the world.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
 - ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
 - ^ Bippus, Maik (2016). "Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863) and Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973 - two case-bearing moths new to the Fauna of La Réunion (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 66 (2): 159–163. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.159-1 (inactive 12 July 2025).
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