Limnaecia

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Limnaecia
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Limnaecia sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily: Antequerinae
Genus: Limnaecia
Stainton, 1851
Synonyms
  • LimnaeciaStainton, 1851
  • PtilocharesMeyrick, 1887
  • LimnoeciaMeyrick, 1895
  • LymnaeciaDyar, 1903
  • CallixestisMeyrick, 1917
  • ErechthiodesMeyrick, 1914
  • OpszygaLower, 1903
  • ThalerostomaMeyrick, 1917

Limnaecia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

L. astathopis probably belongs in Asymphorodes .

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