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Megalophycita

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Genus of moths

Megalophycita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Megalophycita
Amsel, 1953
Species: M. albicostella
Binomial name
Megalophycita albicostella
Amsel, 1953

Megalophycita is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Megalophycita albicostella, described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Megalophycita albicostella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Megalophycita albicostella


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