Stockophorus

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Stockophorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Stockophorus
Gielis, 1993[1]
Species:
S. charitopa
Binomial name
Stockophorus charitopa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia charitopa Meyrick, 1908

Stockophorus charitopa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae and the only member of the genus Stockophorus.[2][3] It is known from Bolivia.[3]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing in September.

References

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  1. ^ Gielis, C. (1993). "Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 290 (1): 1–139.
  2. ^ Stockophorus Gielis, 1993 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1). Leiden: 1–290.