Trichoptilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Tribe: | Oxyptilini |
Genus: | Trichoptilus Walsingham, 1880 |
Trichoptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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