Clepsigenes

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Clepsigenes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Clepsigenes
Meyrick, 1930
Species:
C. dissota
Binomial name
Clepsigenes dissota
Meyrick, 1930

Clepsigenes dissota is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, [1] and the only species in the genus Clepsigenes. [2] [3] The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1930 and are found in New Guinea. [4]

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References

  1. GBIF. "Clepsigenes dissota Meyrick, 1930 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  2. "CLEPSIGENES - Butterflies and Moths of the World". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  3. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cleonymia Berio 1966". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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