Heteromicta

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Heteromicta
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Heteromicta pachytera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Galleriinae
Tribe: Tirathabini
Genus: Heteromicta
Meyrick, 1886

Heteromicta is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. [1]

Species

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 11, 2017.