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Monotypic genus of plume moths

Stockophorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Stockophorus
Gielis, 1993
Species: S. charitopa
Binomial name
Stockophorus charitopa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia charitopa Meyrick, 1908

Stockophorus charitopa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae and the only member of the genus Stockophorus. It is known from Bolivia.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing in September.

References

  1. Gielis, C. (1993). "Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 290 (1): 1–139.
  2. Stockophorus Gielis, 1993 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1). Leiden: 1–290.
Taxon identifiers
Stockophorus charitopa


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