Amphignostis

Amphignostis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus:
Meyrick, 1934[1]
Species:
A. nephelocentra
Binomial name
Amphignostis nephelocentra
Meyrick, 1934

Amphignostis is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Amphignostis nephelocentra,[1] is found in Mozambique.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.

References

  1. ^ a b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Whalley, Paul E. S. (1970). "A Synonymic Catalogue of the Genera of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of the world". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. 25 (2): 36 – via Internet Archive.


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