Leesi masoala

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Leesi masoala
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Leesi
Gibeaux, 1996
Species:
L. masoala
Binomial name
Leesi masoala
Gibeaux, 1996 [1]

Leesi is a monotypic moth genus in the family Pterophoridae described by Christian Gibeaux in 1996. Its only species, Leesi masoala, described by the same author in the same year, is known from Madagascar.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Leesi masoala Gibeaux, 1996". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.