Inga pyrrhoxantha

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Inga pyrrhoxantha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Inga
Species:
I. pyrrhoxantha
Binomial name
Inga pyrrhoxantha
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Machimia pyrrhoxanthaMeyrick, 1931

Inga pyrrhoxantha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. [1] It is found in French Guiana. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machimia pyrrhoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 16, 2015). "Inga pyrrhoxantha (Meyrick, 1931)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.