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Chironeura

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Monotypic moth genus in family Xyloryctidae

Chironeura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Chironeura
Diakonoff, 1954
Species: C. chrysocyma
Binomial name
Chironeura chrysocyma
Diakonoff, 1954

Chironeura chrysocyma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Chironeura. Species and genus were both described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954 and are found New Guinea.

References

  1. "Chironeura Diakonoff, 1954" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Chironeura
Chironeura chrysocyma


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