Borboryctis

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Borboryctis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Acrocercopinae
Genus: Borboryctis
Kumata & Kurokoo, 1988
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Borboryctis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

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Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Greek borbos (meaning fleshy, swollen) and oryctis (digger, miner). [1]

Species

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