Trichocirca

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Trichocirca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Trichocirca
Meyrick, 1920
Species:
T. tyrota
Binomial name
Trichocirca tyrota
Meyrick, 1920 [1]

Trichocirca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. Its only species, Trichocirca tyrota, described in the same publication, is known from Kenya.

Taxonomy

Trichocirca was included in the Yponomeutidae by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It was transferred to the Choreutidae on the advice of the late Jorma Kyrki of Finland.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 4, 2018.