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Monotypic moth genus in family Drepanidae

Polydactylos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Genus: Polydactylos
Mell, 1942
Species: P. aprilinus
Binomial name
Polydactylos aprilinus
Mell, 1942

Polydactylos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae erected by Rudolf Mell in 1942. Its only species, Polydactylos aprilinus, was described in the same paper. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Guangdong and Hainan and in Vietnam.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Polydactylos​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Polydactylos aprilinus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  3. 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
Polydactylos


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