Empedaula
| Empedaula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Empedaula Meyrick, 1918 |
Empedaula is a genus of moths 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
[edit]- Empedaula insipiens Meyrick, 1918
- Empedaula phanerozona Meyrick, 1922
- Empedaula rhodocosma (Meyrick, 1914)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Empedaula". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Empedaula". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Empedaula.
- Empedaula on Barcode of Life Data Systems, includes an image