Chironeura

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Chironeura
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Chironeura

Diakonoff, 1954
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C. chrysocyma
Binomial name
Chironeura chrysocyma
Diakonoff, 1954

Chironeura chrysocyma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Chironeura. Species and genus were both described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954 and are found New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. "Chironeura Diakonoff, 1954" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 12, 2017.