Xhoaphryx

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Xhoaphryx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Xhoaphryx
Viette, 1953
Species:
X. lemeei
Binomial name
Xhoaphryx lemeei
Viette, 1953 [1]

Xhoaphryx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is X. lemeei of Vietnam.

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References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID   86004391.