Dejongia
Dejongia lobidactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Dejongia
Gielis, 1993[1]

Dejongia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.[2] The genus is named after Dr R. de Jong from the National Museum of Natural History (Leiden), in recognition for his "help and advice to solve phylogenetic problems".[1]

Species

Three species are recognized:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gielis, C. (1993). "Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 290 (1): 1–139.
  2. 1 2 Dejongia Gielis, 1993 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 17 September 2019.


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