Scolizona

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Scolizona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Scolizona
Park, 2011 [1]
Type species
Lecithocera rhinoceros
Diakonoff, 1954

Scolizona is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae. [1]

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Species

Three species were included in Kyu-Tek Park's circumscription: [1]

Distribution

Papua province of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [1]

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the Greek scoli (meaning curved) and zona (meaning belt) and refers to the strongly recurved labial palpus. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Park, Kyu-Tek (2011). "Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part III: A New Genus Scolizona with Description of Two New Species". Florida Entomologist. 94 (2): 303–310. doi: 10.1653/024.094.0225 . JSTOR   23048029.