Plectophila
| Plectophila | |
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| Plectophila discalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Plectophila Meyrick, 1890[1] |
| Type species | |
| Oecophora electella[2] Walker, 1864
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Plectophila is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.[3]
Species
[edit]As of 2018[update], Plectophila includes the following species:[3]
- Plectophila acrochroa (Turner, 1900)
- Plectophila discalis (Walker, 1865)
- Plectophila electella (Walker, 1864)
- Plectophila eucrines (Turner, 1898)
- Plectophila micradelpha (Turner, 1898)
- Plectophila placocosma Lower, 1893
- Plectophila pyrgodes Turner, 1898
- Plectophila sarculata Lucas, 1901
- Plectophila thiophanes (Turner, 1917)
- Plectophila thrasycosma (Meyrick, 1915)
References
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, E. (1890). "Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera, Part I". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 13 (1): 25, 54–56.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916). "Xyloryctidæ". Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 56.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Plectophila". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 24 April 2018.