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Simacauda

Simacauda is a genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae.

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Simacauda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Simacauda
Nielsen & Davis, 1981
Type species
Lampronia dicommatias1
Meyrick, 1931

Simacauda is a genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae.2

Species

The genus contains the following species:3

References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Simacauda​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. "Simacauda". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. Heckford, R J; Beavan, P J; Lees, David C (2003). "Simacauda dicommatias (Meyrick, 1931) (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae), a South American species established in Cornwall, new to the British Isles and unknown in mainland Europe, with first details of its biology". Entomologist's Gazette. 73 (4): 193–218. doi:10.31184/G00138894.734.1873. Retrieved 1 January 2024.