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| Genus: | Heloscopa Diakonoff, 1955 |
| Species: | H. petricola |
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| Heloscopa petricola Diakonoff, 1955 | |
Heloscopa is a moth genus. It was placed initially in the family Tineidae of superfamily Tineoidea, but it appears to belong to the related Gelechoidea, and therein to subfamily Oecophorinae of the family Oecophoridae.[1]
The genus is treated as monotypic, with the single species Heloscopa petricola placed here. The species is found in New Guinea.
Footnotes
- ↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
References
Data related to Heloscopa at Wikispecies
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Heloscopa. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-24.
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