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Plume moth genus

Pselnophorus
Pselnophorus jaechi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Pselnophorus
Wallengren, 1881
Species

18

Synonyms
  • Crasimetis Meyrick, 1890

Pselnophorus is a genus of moths in the plume moth family, Pterophoridae. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa. As of 2014 the genus contains eighteen species.

Species include:

References

  1. ^ Matthews, D. L., et al. (2014). Three new species of Pselnophorus plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Insecta Mundi 2014 0364.
  2. Hao, S. and H. Li. (2008). The genus Pselnophorus Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 1755 61-67.
Taxon identifiers
Pselnophorus
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