Polydactylos

Polydactylos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Thyatirinae
Genus:	Polydactylos ; Mell, 1942
Species:	P. aprilinus
Binomial name
	Polydactylos aprilinus; Mell, 1942

Last updated May 28, 2025

Polydactylos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae erected by Rudolf Mell in 1942.^[1] Its only species, Polydactylos aprilinus, was described in the same paper.^[2] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Guangdong and Hainan and in Vietnam.^[3]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 10, 2018.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos aprilinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 10, 2018.
↑ Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species" . Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos aprilinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[3] Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species" . Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.

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