Nosphidia

Nosphidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus:
Diakonoff, 1982
Species:
N. paradoxa
Binomial name
Nosphidia paradoxa
Diakonoff, 1982

Nosphidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Carposinidae.[1] It contains the single species Nosphidia paradoxa, which is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and the species were first described in 1982, by Alexey Diakonoff, a Russian–Dutch entomologist who specialised in Microlepidoptera.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nosphidia paradoxa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.


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