Tortricosia

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Tortricosia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Cisthenina
Genus: Tortricosia
Hampson, 1900
Synonyms
  • Mellonavan Eecke, 1926

Tortricosia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.

Species

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