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Genus of moths

Ocnophilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Tineinae
Genus: Ocnophilella
T. B. Fletcher, 1940
Species: O. autocrypta
Binomial name
Ocnophilella autocrypta
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Hilarochorda Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Specific
    • Ocnophila autocrypta Meyrick, 1926

Ocnophilella is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, Ocnophilella autocrypta, described by Edward Meyrick in 1926, was found in Western Cape, South Africa.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ocnophilella Fletcher T. B., 1940". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ocnophilella autocrypta (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. "Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae". Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
Taxon identifiers
Ocnophilella


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