Prymnotomis

Prymnotomis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Alucitidae
Genus:	Prymnotomis ; Meyrick, 1931
Species:	P. crypsicroca
Binomial name
	Prymnotomis crypsicroca; Meyrick, 1931

Last updated November 09, 2025

Prymnotomis is a genus of moths in the family Alucitidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931, and formerly contained only one species Prymnotomis crypsicroca that is found in Brazil ^[1] where it was described from specimens from Espirito Santo.^[2]

Species

Prymnotomis cecidicola Moreira et al, 2019
Prymnotomis crypsicroca Meyrick, 1931

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prymnotomis crypsicroca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.
↑ Moreira et al. New cecidogenous species of many-plumed moth (Alucitidae) associated with Cordiera A. Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae)

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prymnotomis crypsicroca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[2] Moreira et al. New cecidogenous species of many-plumed moth (Alucitidae) associated with Cordiera A. Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae)

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