Ptyoptila

Ptyoptila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Subfamily:	Oecophorinae
Genus:	Ptyoptila Turner, 1946
Species:	P. matutinella
Binomial name
Ptyoptila matutinella (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Oecophora matutinella Walker, 1864 Cryptolechia marginella Walker, 1864 Machimia miltosticha Turner, 1946

Ptyoptila is a monotypic moth genus of the family Oecophoridae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] Its only species, Ptyoptila matutinella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ptyoptila​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ptyoptila matutinella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.