Colpocheilopteryx

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Colpocheilopteryx
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Colpocheilopteryx

Wallengren, 1865
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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]

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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.