Pauroptila

Pauroptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Pauroptila

Meyrick, 1913
Species:
P. galenitis
Binomial name
Pauroptila galenitis
Meyrick, 1913

Pauroptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Pauroptila galenitis, which is found in South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Pauroptila galenitis Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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