Biology:Plectophila

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Short description: Moth genus in family Xyloryctidae

Plectophila
Plectophila discalis.jpg
Plectophila discalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Plectophila
Meyrick, 1890[1]
Type species
Oecophora electella[2]
Walker, 1864

Plectophila is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.[3]

Species

(As of 2018), Plectophila includes the following species:[3]

References

  1. Meyrick, E. (1890). "Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera, Part I". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13 (1): 25, 54–56. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26248771. 
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916), "Xyloryctidæ", Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2, London: Taylor and Francis, p. 56, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9808430 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Savela, Markku. "Plectophila". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/plectophila/. Retrieved 24 April 2018. 

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