Shafferograptis

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Shafferograptis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Tortricini
Genus: Shafferograptis
Tuck & Razowski, 2012
Species:
S. michaeli
Binomial name
Shafferograptis michaeli
Tuck & Razowski, 2012

Shafferograptis is a genus of moths within the Tortricidae [1] family. It contains only one species, Shafferograptis michaeli, which is found in western Malaysia and Brunei. The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.

Contents

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

Etymology

The genus name and species name honour Michael Shaffer, former curator at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Razowski, J. (2012). "Descriptions of new Tortricini from the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae" (PDF). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia. 40 (159): 315–335.


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