Hierangela

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Hierangela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Hierangela
Meyrick, 1894 [1]

Hierangela is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. [2]

Species

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References

  1. Meyrick, E. 1894: On a collection of Lepidoptera from Upper Burma. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, [42(1)]: 1-29. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1894.tb02343.x [See p. 14]
  2. funet.fi