Procapperia

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Procapperia
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Procapperia maculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Procapperia
Adamczewski, 1951

Procapperia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 58–60. ISSN   0300-5267 . Retrieved 9 September 2022.


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