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Plexippica

Plexippica is a genus of moths found in Africa. It is placed incertae sedis in the family Yponomeutidae, though Mey, 2011 placed it in the family Pterolonchidae. The type species is Plexippica verberata, and it was described by Meyrick in 1912.

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Plexippica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Plexippica
Meyrick, 1912
Species

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Synonyms
  • Kruegerius Vives Moreno, 1999

Plexippica is a genus of moths found in Africa. It is placed incertae sedis in the family Yponomeutidae, though Mey, 2011 placed it in the family Pterolonchidae.1 The type species is Plexippica verberata, and it was described by Meyrick in 1912.12

Species

  • Plexippica verberata - Meyrick, 19121
  • Plexippica fuscinervosa - Mey, 20111
References

References

  1. Mey, Wolfram (2011). Basic pattern of Lepidoptera diversity in southwestern Africa. Esperiana Memoir 6. Schwanfeld: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. p. 191. ISBN 978-3-938249-02-4.
  2. Lewis, Jon; Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2015). "Genera incertae sedis". Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). World Catalogue of Insects: Volume 12. Brill. p. 159. ISBN 978-90-04-26426-7.