Colpocheilopteryx

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Colpocheilopteryx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Subfamily: Euteliinae
Genus: Colpocheilopteryx
Wallengren, 1865
Species:
C. operatrix
Binomial name
Colpocheilopteryx operatrix
(Wallengren, 1860)

Colpocheilopteryx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Euteliidae. Its only species, Colpocheilopteryx operatrix, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [1] Both the genus and species were first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren, the genus in 1865 and the species five years earlier in 1860. [2] [3]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index considers the generic name to be a synonym of Eutelia . [4]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (May 6, 2020). "Colpocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Colpocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eutelia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved August 3, 2020.


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