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Genus: | Acolastodes Meyrick, 1934 |
Species: | A. oenotripta |
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Acolastodes oenotripta Meyrick, 1934 [1] | |
Acolastodes is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae. Its only species, Acolastodes oenotripta, is found in Fiji. Both the genus and the species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. [1]
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