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Micromystix

Micromystix, is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Joseph de Joannis in 1929. Its only species, Micromystix exigua, described by the same author in the same year, is known from Vietnam.

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Micromystix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Genus: Micromystix
de Joannis, 1929
Species:
M. exigua
Binomial name
Micromystix exigua

Micromystix, is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Joseph de Joannis in 1929. Its only species, Micromystix exigua, described by the same author in the same year, is known from Vietnam (including Tonkin, the type location).1

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.