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Monotypic moth genus in family Xyloryctidae

Hyperoptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Hyperoptica
Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1934
Species: H. ptilocentra
Binomial name
Hyperoptica ptilocentra
Meyrick, 1934

Hyperoptica ptilocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Hyperoptica. The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1934 and are found in China.

References

  1. funet.fi
Taxon identifiers
Hyperoptica
Hyperoptica ptilocentra


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