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Chiropsestis

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Monotypic moth genus in family Drepanidae

Chiropsestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Chiropsestis
László, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2001
Species: C. rubrocinerea
Binomial name
Chiropsestis rubrocinerea
László, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2001

Chiropsestis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae. Its only species, Chiropsestis rubrocinerea, is found in Vietnam and Hainan, China. Both the genus and the species were described by Gyula M. László, Gábor Ronkay and László Aladár Ronkay in 2001.

References

  1. László, Gy.; Ronkay, G. & Ronkay, L. (2001). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 47 (1): 27-85.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
Taxon identifiers
Chiropsestis


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