Promenesta

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Promenesta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Stenomatinae
Genus: Promenesta
Busck, 1914

Promenesta is a moth genus of the family Depressariidae. [1] It is endemic to South America.

Species

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References

  1. Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.