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| Antarches | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Pterophorinae |
| Tribe: | Oxyptilini |
| Genus: | Antarches Gibeaux, 1994 |
Antarches is a genus of moth in the family Pterophoridae described for Antarches luqueti Gibeaux, 1994 from Madagascar.[1]
Authors have previously treated this genus as a synonym for Megalorhipida based on the appearance of the adult insect and its genitalia,[2] but fuller morphological data indicates that Antarches should remain separate.[3]
Currently, only a single species is assigned to the genus, following recognition in 2010 that both Antarches luqueti and Oxyptilus aguessei Bigot, 1964 match specimens of Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913.[2]
Species
[edit]- Antarches tessmanni (Strand, 1913)
References
[edit]- ↑ Gibeaux, Christian (1994). "Insectes Lépidoptères Pterophoridae". Faune de Madagascar (in French). 81: 1–176. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- 1 2 Ustjuzhanin, Petr; Kovtunovich, Vasily (2010). "On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)". Euroasian Entomological Journal. 9: 689–719.
- ↑ Alipanah, Helen; Gielis, Cees; Sari, Alirezah; Sarafrazi, Alimorad; Manzari, Shahab (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) based on morphological data of adults". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163: 484–547.
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