Vihualpenia

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Vihualpenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Acrocercopinae
Genus: Vihualpenia
Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013
Species:
V. lithraeophaga
Binomial name
Vihualpenia lithraeophaga
(Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013)
Synonyms
  • HualpeniaMundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013 (preocc.)
  • Hualpenia lithraeophagaMundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013

Vihualpenia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. It contains only one species, Vihualpenia lithraeophaga, which is found in southern central Chile.

The length of the forewings is 1.0–1.1 mm . [1] [2]

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