Terthroptera

Terthroptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genus:
J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
Species

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Terthroptera is a genus of ermine moths (family Yponomeutidae). They belong to the large subfamily Yponomeutinae.

This genus includes a mere two known species from southern Polynesia. They are small moths with wingspans less than 2 cm (1 inch), and are characterized by their 8-veined hindwings, with veins 3 and 4 separate and veins 5 and 6 unstalked.[1]

The species are:[1]

  • Terthroptera astochia J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
  • Terthroptera eremosesia J.F.G.Clarke, 1971

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Clarke (1986)

References

  • Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)


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