| Ptyssoptera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Palaephatidae |
| Genus: | Ptyssoptera Turner, 19331 |
Ptyssoptera is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1933. The name is derived from Greek: πτυσσοπτερος, lit. 'with crumpled wing'.1
Species
- Ptyssoptera acrozyga
- Ptyssoptera lativittella
- Ptyssoptera melitocoma
- Ptyssoptera phaeochrysa
- Ptyssoptera teleochra
- Ptyssoptera tetropa
- Ptyssoptera tryphera
References
References
- Turner, A. Jefferis (1933). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 57. W.C. Rigby: 181–182 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.