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(Redirected from Phthinostoma) Genus of moths

Phyllobrostis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Phyllobrostis
Staudinger, 1859
Synonyms
  • Pilotocoma Meyrick, 1913
  • Phthinostoma Meyrick, 1914

Phyllobrostis is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae.

Species

Former species

Phyllobrostis argillosa Meyrick, 1911 was described from a single male from Kranspoort near Pretoria. It is misplaced in Lyonetiidae and even in Yponomeutoidea. The species should probably be placed in the superfamily Tineoidea, probably in Tineidae.

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Taxon identifiers
Phyllobrostis


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