Pexicopia

Pexicopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Apatetrinae
Genus:	Pexicopia Common, 1958

Pexicopia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains 22 species, ^[1] such as the hollyhock seed moth (Pexicopia malvella), which is found in Europe.

Species

• Pexicopia arenicola Common, 1958
• Pexicopia catharia Common, 1958
• Pexicopia cryphia Common, 1958
• Pexicopia dascia Common, 1958
• Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898)
• Pexicopia diasema Common, 1958
• Pexicopia dictyomorpha (Lower, 1900)
• Pexicopia epactaea (Meyrick, 1904)
• Pexicopia euryanthes (Meyrick, 1922)
• Pexicopia karachiella Amsel, 1968
• Pexicopia malvella (Hübner, [1805]) (hollyhock seed moth)
• Pexicopia melitolicna (Meyrick, 1935)
• Pexicopia mimetica Common, 1958
• Pexicopia nephelombra (Meyrick, 1904)
• Pexicopia paliscia Common, 1958
• Pexicopia pheletes Common, 1958
• Pexicopia proselia Common, 1958
• Pexicopia pycnoda (Lower, 1899)
• Pexicopia trimetropis (Meyrick, 1922)

Former species

• Pexicopia bathropis
• Pexicopia chalcotora
• Pexicopia lutarea
• Pexicopia plinthodes

References

1. zipcode zoo - Pexicopia

External links

• Funet.fi
• Microlepidoptera.nl (in Dutch)