Empedaula

Empedaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Empedaula
Meyrick, 1918

Empedaula is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae, similar to Aristotelia. It is found in South America and Asia and was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick in the periodical Exotic Microlepidoptera. The type specimen is Empedaula insipiens.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. "Empedaula". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. "Empedaula". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

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