Prymnotomis

Prymnotomis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Prymnotomis
Meyrick, 1931

Prymnotomis is a genus of moths in the family Alucitidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931, and for many years only contained one species Prymnotomis crypsicroca found in Brazil[1] described from specimens collected in Espirito Santo.[2]

Species

  • Prymnotomis cecidicola Moreira et al, 2019
  • Prymnotomis crypsicroca Meyrick, 1931
  • Prymnotomis saopauloana Heppner, Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2024

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Prymnotomis crypsicroca​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Moreira et al. New cecidogenous species of many-plumed moth (Alucitidae) associated with Cordiera A. Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae)