Phyllobrostis

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Phyllobrostis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Phyllobrostis
Staudinger, 1859
Synonyms
  • PilotocomaMeyrick, 1913
  • PhthinostomaMeyrick, 1914

Phyllobrostis is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae.

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Species

Former species

Phyllobrostis argillosa Meyrick, 1911 was described from a single male from Kranspoort near Pretoria. It is misplaced in Lyonetiidae and even in Yponomeutoidea. The species should probably be placed in the superfamily Tineoidea, probably in Tineidae.

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Phyllobrostis daphneella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, mainland Italy and Sardinia.

Phyllobrostis jedmella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Algeria and Spain.

Phyllobrostis hartmanni is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovakia. It is listed as endangered on the Red List of Bavaria.

Phyllobrostis fregenella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, mainland Italy and Sicily.

Phyllobrostis farsensis is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is only known from Fars in Iran.

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