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.[1]

Tesuquea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Tesuquea
Klots, 1936
Species:
T. hawleyana
Binomial name
Tesuquea hawleyana
Klots, 1936

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[2]

References

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  1. Davis, D.R., 1969: A revision of the American moths of the family Carposinidae (Lepidoptera: Carposinoidea). United States National Museum Bulletin 289: 1-120.
  2. mothphotographersgroup