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Arescoptera

Arescoptera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1911. It contains the single species, Arescoptera idiotypa, described in the same article. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.

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Arescoptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Arescoptera
Turner, 19111
Species:
A. idiotypa
Binomial name
Arescoptera idiotypa
Turner, 1911

Arescoptera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1911. It contains the single species, Arescoptera idiotypa, described in the same article.1 It is found in Australia,2 including New South Wales.3

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Arescoptera Turner, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. Arescoptera idiotypa Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine at CSIRO - Australian Moths Online