Tonica (moth)

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Tonica
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Tonica effractella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Depressariinae
Genus: Tonica
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • BinsittaWalker, 1864
  • TeratomorphaTurner, 1896
  • CononiaSnellen, 1901

Tonica is a genus of moths of the family Depressariidae. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2018.