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Bryonympha

Bryonympha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Immidae. Its only species, Bryonympha silvana, is found on Grande Comore of the Comoros in the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.

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Bryonympha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Bryonympha
Meyrick, 1930
Species:
B. silvana
Binomial name
Bryonympha silvana
Meyrick, 1930
Synonyms
  • Imma foliacea Meyrick, 1930

Bryonympha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Immidae. Its only species, Bryonympha silvana, is found on Grande Comore of the Comoros in the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.1

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Bryonympha silvana Meyrick, 1930". Afromoths. Retrieved September 13, 2020.