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Procacitas

Procacitas is a genus of moths of the family Incurvariidae. It contains only one species, Procacitas orientella, which is found in Japan, Russia and North Korea.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Procacitas
Kuprijanov, 1992
Species:
P. orientella
Binomial name
Procacitas orientella
(Kozlov, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Alloclemensia orientella Kozlov, 1987

Procacitas is a genus of moths of the family Incurvariidae. It contains only one species, Procacitas orientella, which is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku), Russia (Sakhalin, Irkutsk, Primorye) and North Korea.1

The wingspan is 13–14 mm for males and 11.5–15 mm for females.

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References

  • Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России. Т. V. Ручейники и чешуекрылые Ч.1. / под общ.ред. П. А. Лера. — Владивосток: «Дальнаука», 1997. — С. 290. — 540 с. — 500 экз. — ISBN 5-7442-0986-7