Hilaroptera
| Hilaroptera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Scardiinae |
| Genus: | Hilaroptera Gozmany, 1969 |
| Species: | H. viettei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hilaroptera viettei Gozmány, 1969 | |
Hilaroptera is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Hilaroptera viettei, which is found in Madagascar.[2]
This species has a wingspan of 22-28mm, forewings are shiny whitish stramineous with brownish black pattern situated on the upper side of the wing. Many dark dots along costa.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Hilaroptera.
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- ↑ "De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.29-Mar-2017)". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ Gozmány L. A. 1969d. Some Tineid moths (Lepidoptera) from Madagascar. - Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15(3–4):287–297
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