Michaelophorus
Appearance
Michaelophorus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Tribe: | Platyptiliini |
Genus: | Michaelophorus Gielis, 1999 |
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Michaelophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with neotropical climates. Little is known about the genus' overall ecology.[1]
Species
[edit]- Michaelophorus nubilus (type)
- Michaelophorus dentiger
- Michaelophorus indentatus
- Michaelophorus margaritae
- Michaelophorus hodgesi
- Michaelophorus shafferi
- Michaelophorus bahiaensis
References
[edit]- ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).